associate fellow with the international center for counterterrorism in the hague and a former diplomat thanks for joining us here on r.t. international so quickly of course it's all speculation at this stage is early days yet but potentially who do you think could have been behind this attack. this is impossible to say is very we should be very careful to jump through hoops we must you know take. we always. in the coming days so we need to be very careful not to jump to conclusions to use truth that it seems. like are the targets. so. it's been the case that these rings in the units of demons places are a part of the targeted. mind part of that because really what they're going to be need to be very careful job. and now it's not. make you go away since before the people in the tubes about what is happening to cut off we've been interviewing guests now for the past few hours with this ongoing breaking news here on r.t. international certainly most of them leading towards the potential terrorism aspect to this of course early days yet we have no confirmation of that whatsoever of course

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. >> i a from the international center. thank you for the booked thank you for your research so continuing on. with those opportunities in the advanced energy economy moving towards electrification. and emerging from energy poverty from the different mechanisms with those renewable sectors also including nuclear what d.c. for the emerging advanced energy markets?. >> at the renewable energy markets talk about how we unexpectedly find ourselves in the other sectors. >>. >> so i the renewable side a really do think there will be geopolitical decisions. then you feel like you are in a room. and then what is the resistance? wide you say bad things about renewals? and then about a change in politics there is a huge potential that have not invested into infrastructure already sewed to leapfrog over that that is that net benefit to think about in the world relying on renewal energy and the agency they have done a scenario is that could be run on renewable energy. so that is interesting what does global politics would like? it is a

welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. my name is heather comley, i am senior vice president here at csis with the privilege of leading our europe research. we are absolutely delighted to be able to welcome her excellency, minister for the armed forces of france. she accepted her responsibilities on june 21 of this year so four months into the job, and as she arrived here in washington, france has produced its strategic review of defense and national security, a document that i certainly encourage all to read because as one of america's closest military security and foreign policy partners, this document articulates some of the great challenges of our time and the french priorities and how to focus on those. before i welcome the minister to the podium, the minister has had such a distinguished career in public service, serving as a senior budget advisor but also holding very senior positions at air france and the state owned railroad company. the minister knows logistics and brings that skill set to the ministry. before i

i think as we become more successful in international centers, these risks are going to grow.fforts so far have been reasonably good. this has happened in virtually every financial center. i think we have learned from those passed experiences. -- past experiences. haslinda: do you think the reputation has been hurt at all by what we are seeing? ravi: reputations get hit when bad things happen, but depending things you respond to bad -- some of the past instances you mentioned did hurt our reputation, but i think in the way we responded to it, i don't think it has harmed our reputation since. rishaad: managing director of the monetary authority in singapore. too early for singapore to make a stand on digital currencies. >> that is right. singapore, along with many central banks refraining from adopting -- adopting a wait and see attitude. still assessing the risk, deciding what the appropriate measure should be in terms of policy and regulation. it will be on a case-by-case basis. whatever needs to be regulated, will be. as of now, singapore requires exchange operations in othe

running the london academy of diplomacy, the london academy of media and diplomacy, the london international center international law practice. these facilities are closed down. however i've been talking with a source who has known mifsud for a number of years now and he said that mifsud had pro-russian inclinations, brag about his relationship with leading russian figures like president putin, saying he had dinner with putin amongst a group of other people, even bragged to this source that they, the russians, had a lot of stuff, a lot of information, on hillary clinton. but the reason that we can perhaps get some clarity that mifsud is protein -- the professor, my source said mifsud put him in contact with george papadopolous early april last year, because papadopolous -- he was introduced to papadopolous as an adviser for then candidate trump on foreign affairs. my source says he found papadopolous to be, he says, a nice guy but somebody who wasn't particularly well informed, didn't have a lot of depth of knowledge about foreign policy issues of which he was speaking. and that caused my source to

. >> sherry goodman of the international center. thank you, the book is terrific and thank you for your research. continuing from the question for both of you unpacking a little more the opportunities, the advanced energy economy as we move toward electrification of vehicle fleets and regions of the world in africa and india emerging through different mechanisms than we have seen historically in leapfrog into certain renewable set think clear, preventable revival of nuclear. what do you see about the advanced energy market? give us your vision. >> what do you mean? >> the nuclear geopolitics of nuclear and the renewable energy market you will see as you talk about we unexpectedly find ourselves in fossil energy dominance now but should we also be seeking a quest for energy dominance in other sectors? >> you adopted energy dominance? okay. >> trying to get people to talk windfall. >> a strategic boom. >> on the renewable side going back to what i started to talk about i think there will be geopolitical implications of title a small w

we have jane lee, a journalist and fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars.so when you hear this, north korea saying we're not interested in negotiating so they're not interested in this diplomatic path until they have a missile capable of bombing the u.s. what is your reaction to that and should we really take that at face value? >> i think we should, brianna because what the north koreans have said in so many words, they're not giving up their nuclear weapons for anything. there is no negotiations. those nuclear weapons keep the regime in power otherwise the united states would attack and when the rhetoric gets more aggressive and more aggressive, the more determined they are to keep those nuclear weapons and so there's no common ground with the trump administration. we can keep on sending messages by doing the drills and fly overs and the rest of it, but it's making the north koreans more paranoid and more determined to keep their bonds. >> gene, what is the impetus for getting north korea to the diplomatic table, normally, it seems as if it's something th

the first visit via saudi monarch to moscow for months as saudi arabia wants to establish an international center to fight what he called terrorism well let's get more on this visit now with our correspondent roy chalons who's joining us live from moscow so what else did the leaders speak about rory. well basically they are they're trying to make sure that the two countries saudi arabia russia can build on a reasonably productive few months of increasingly regular diplomacy they've been meeting together at the foreign minister level now and there has been an invitation from them it puts into the king to come to moscow swirling around in the system for a while he is now there so essentially they are trying to solidify that relationship as one analyst put it the other day that the king of saudi arabia doesn't do courtesy calls so if he's going to come to russia he's doing so with some direct achievements in mines and i think what they're going to be doing is basically nailing down some direct investments that the russians would like the saudi arabians to put some money into their toll road system v

wilsone woodrow international center for scholars, where we also received french scholars. my concern listening to your words is that the european defense initiative would appear to be an alternative to nato. the 27, 28 members, but this new initiative would exclude turkey and the united states. what assurance can you give to us that you are not setting up an alternative defense initiative? heather: you will take a separate -- we will take a separate question. >> i am with search for common ground. macrontioned president takes civil society very seriously. sub-saharaning in africa, how you would engage civil societies and security arrangements. heather: thank you. we will take one more and we will pause. sorry, i an assistant professor at the john hopkins school of international studies. i had a question regarding the european intervention force. i was wondering what mission it would be designed for, if it is an expeditionary mission, and how it could build on work that has been done as part of the framework with the u.k. letd expeditionary forcd -- u.k.-led expeditionary f

i'm diana negroponte and that here at the woodrow wilson international center. my question is colonialism. 100 years that you have chosen can be characterized and priority given to the colonial and postcolonial time. how do you integrate that? >> let me try to answer briefly. to me it's a very important question because if we look at these other factors that were at play during the 20th century, the long 20th-century as some people would call it, decolonization, the anti-colonial movement and the processes of interaction between imperial centers and the new economize space is one of the most important aspects. to me, to put a very bluntly, decolonization was not born of the cold war even though the cold war stimulated it in various forms. neither the united states nor the soviet union sought its interests served to the continuation of the european colonial domination in the world. that is developed in the 19 century or even before in some cases. i think it's clear it was influenced by the interests of these two states to move away from colonialism and towards ne

live from our international news center in moscow this is r.t. i'm you know real welcome to the program our top story the standoff between spain. deep in following last weekend independence referendum protests urging unity and dialogue being held across the country to see a churchman brings us more now from barcelona. this entire square in front of the catalan leader's headquarters is topped with thousands of people dressed in white who are here to call for dialogue they don't want any harsh decisions and steps to be taken let's take a listen to what people have been saying here the amount that looks like the confrontation it's just right here we cannot just going. to have to show you more trade we don't want to come for sure people can talk. i would want to speak about our programs having already been the case since from the spanish government that we want to do it. with the most pressing i'm told is one the result of tension in our society there are various opinions in catalonia many of us hell no voice we don't want cruelty we want peace peace

she spoke for about an hour last week at an event hosted be the center for strategic and international studies. [inaudible discussion] >> well, good morningment welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. my name is heather conly, i'm senior vice president here at csi, a great privilege of leading our europe research. we are absolutely delighted to be able to public her ex-lens si, parly, minimum for their armed forces of france. she accepted her sports june 21st tv year so four months into the drive, as she arrives here in washington, france has produced its strategic review of defense and national security, document that i certainly encourage all to read because, as one of america's closest military security and foreign policy partners, this document really articulates the great challenges of our time and france's priorities and how to focus on those. before i welcome the minister to the podium, the minister has had such a distinguished career in public service, serving as a senior being adviser to prime minister -- and also holding very senior positions at air fra

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. >>> their performance was part of this four day gathering, in center city. international association of chiefs of police conference. this morning attorney general jeff sessions will address the group over the convention center, look out for all that traffic that bob has been telling you b he is expected to make a major announcement on combating the criminal gang known as ms 13. meanwhile, first daughter ivan ka trump is also expect to be in the area. she will talk tax reform. that is in bucks county. a lot of celebrities in town. philadelphia police are trying to figure out who opened fire on two people, once again, in fair hill. >> a man and woman in their 20 's was shot in the 2900 block of waterloo street just before 2:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon. police say woman was shot twice in her stomach and man was shot twice in her leg. police rushed both to temple hospital where they replane in critical condition and no arrests have been made. >>> in west philadelphia, a man is fighting for his life after he was shot multiple times, police say, that it happened just before

sochi is call for national unity and address to the nation on the bridge a refugee crisis center increasing international pressure over her failure to condemn the army for alleged abuses against the right hand more than half a million rihanna have escaped to bangladesh since the crackdown began and late august so she says she's holding talks at bangladesh about returning summer handed to me and maher those are the headlines the news continues in al-jazeera after inside story keep it or. trying to end a longstanding split palestinian rival groups hamas reach a deal with previous reconciliation attempts between the move failed come this one succeeded what could it mean for the future of the peace talks with israel this is inside story.

. >> derek van dam from the cnn international weather center, thank you. >>> after the break, the u.s. led coalition says isis may be close to losing raqqah. we'll see how much they still control. ahhhhhhhh! you know what's easy? building your website with godaddy. get your domain today and get a free trial of gocentral. build a better website in under an hour. >>> in iraq, two allies in the war against isis may be headed for a conflict of their own. >> tensions have been mounting in the region since the kurdish independence vote last month. kurdish officiales say iraqi paramilitaries warned of an attack if the kurds do not withdraw from a key junction. >> isis appear to be near defeat and raqqah says there are reports isis militants are trying to flee their de facto capital. >> the collapse of the terror group has many residents celebrating, you see it right there, kurdish anti-isis group, the ypg, released this video, showing a woman cheering the aree arrival of ypg fighters, chanting their name. >> what is the latest on the ground in raqqah in terms of fighting and what is the plan

nasa astronauts are on day two of their mission to perform maintenance on the international space centertwo astronauts made their walk today to finish. last week they replaced a latch on a robotic arm that has been in oit 16 years. the next space walk is scheduled for next wednesday for any space fans they're lubricating the latching and effector on that arm. there's a lot of pim people out there who love hearing this stuff. >> they have group pis. even when they send up rockets, they watch it. we've kind of kept our run of really warm days going for a licensing time. eighty-six at reagan national, 87 at dulles. it is october 10. >> we want fall and he we want it now. i think it will feel a lot more like fall tomorrow. it will be cooler and also wetter. we can't complain about that, either because we are going to be getting -- we were getting terribly dry and yesterday's rain from what was the remnants of nate going by compared to what we were going to get over the next couple of days should help us quite a bit. today is so unqufortable out there and it is so humid at 77 it feels like 79

franco: me vine a estudiar cocina al international culinary center en nueva york y siempre con la ideasos días, su amigo tuvo una idea que revolucionó su marca como chef. franco: "¿por qué no hacemos--?" la gente todo el tiempo me pregunta: "¿cómo haces para tener el cuerpo--? ¿qué cosa comes?" entonces, dije: "bueno, hagamos un formato en el que yo enseño qué cosas son las que yo como". carolina: el problema era que franco no estaba preparado para grabar. en ese momento, no traía puesto ni el delantal, ni su ropa. carolina: ¿y en qué momento surge eso del chef sin camisa? ¿cómo fue que surgió todo eso? franco: entre las luces, las cámaras, no sé qué, "grabando". y fue como que-- "ya, ¿grabamos así?" "sí, grabamos así". "ok, grabemos así". carolina: pero ¿fue sin camisa y nada más con pantalones? franco: sí, fue ahí en calzoncillos. carolina: ¿y no te dio pena? franco: en otra de mis vidas he sido nadador profesional. yo creo que es ahí donde completamente perdí el pudor, porque como nadador, tú sabes, estás constantemente con unas tangas-- carolina: ¿ves tú que cocinas mejor sin ropa?

. >> philadelphia pipe' and drums play to do the pennsylvania convention center at the internationalssociation chief of police opening ceremony got underway. mayor kenney and richmond resolve welcomed local, state and federal authority to philadelphia for the conference, a draw thousands from across the country and world >> we're proud to be experiencing a 40-year low in our crime rate. i look forward to seeing the progress that comes out of this conference. >> we have to be willing to this outside the box. not reston our laurels, to be unknow have anitive >> the event includes keynote especials, panels and work shops >> it's way of coming together and learning from one another to stay current on what's happening in policing around the country and iceb around the world >> there were people outside of our own area and see what others are doing >> the conference overlapsed with the major city chief association fall meeting, which began thursday and included attorney general jeff sessions as one of the weekend speakers who addressed efforts to reduce crime >> coming knows the department

amy: william hartung is the director of the arms and security project at the center for internationalolicy. this is democracy now! presidentme back, trump is headed to puerto rico two weeks after hurricane maria devastated the island. stay with us. amy: tom petty. tom died last night at the age of 66 of a heart attack in santa monica, california. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we and today show in puerto rico where president trump travels today some two weeks after hurricane maria devastated the island, destroying its electrical grid and leaving more than half of porter this 3.5 million residents with no access to clean water. food and fuel continue to be in short supply in the federal communications commission says nearly 90% of cell phone towers remain out of service. amy: trump's visit comes two days after he called puerto rican leaders have criticized his hurricane response politicallmotivated ingrates and said puerto ricans "want everything to be done for them." in a minute, we will go to san juan for live u

earlier i talked to a man from the barcelona center of international affairs and asked him if he shared view of the catalan president who said moving businesses out of the region doesn't hurt their economy. >> no. on one side he is right, in that it is an appointment with the notary and they changed the we will see from barcelona to neighboring regions. having said that, some tax income be lost. -- being lost. more importantly it does considerable damage to the image of catalonia, as an open place business. -- place open for business. there might also be deviation of economic dynamism away from barcelona to this -- to other localities. not much changes on the operational level. people are still going to work over here. having said that, a legal seat somewhere is more than just an address. they have operations there as well. the cities will try to attract more business from these institutions. above all it does considerable damage to the image of ours alone and catalonia -- of barcelona and catalonia. javier: thank you for the insight. following all of this -- it is optimistic for global

. >> philadelphia pipes and drums played at the convention center at the international chief of policet under way. mayor kenney and commissioner welcomed those at the conference. >> we are please today experience a 40 year low in our crime rate. >> we have to be willing to think outside the box, not rest on our laurels to be innovative. >> the event holds keynote speakers and panels and workshops. >> we have to be aware of what is happening around the country and world. >> of a network around our area to see what others are doing in the country. >> the meeting began thursday including jeff sessions as one of the speakers who addressed efforts to reduce crime. >> the country will award a money million dollars to state and local agencies to hire more police officers. >> protesters march through center city streets. >> philly for real justice call today abolish police. they say in light of impoverished communities. they refuse to speak to media. >> we won't talk to them. they spin it in favor of the cops. >> there were arrests. >> attorney general sessions is expected back in philadelphia

more about this i'm joined now by elizabeth newhouse director of the cuba program at the center for international policy thank you so much for joining us today and allez about now we heard the announcement yesterday and in a press conference today senator marco rubio he said the state department's actions are an appropriate diplomatic procedure i want to take a listen to what he said bottom line is you cannot set the precedent that american personnel can be attacked and severely injured abroad forcing us to draw down our presence in our country yet the country responsible for their safety and security gets to keep their full complement of presence in our country so that this is a well established rule of international diplomacy what's your reaction to what marco rubio said well i think this is a very illogical position because we have made clear our government has made clear that we do not think the cubans are responsible for these attacks. the cubans have been incredibly cooperative in trying to get to the bottom of the they are serious attacks so the position seems to be because we can't do our

center. at the international association of chiefs of police opening ceremony got underway.or kenney anyway and rich resolve welcomed local state and federal authorities to philadelphia for the conference that draws thousands from across the country and world. >> we're proud to be experiencing a 40-year low in our crime rate. i look forward to seeing the progress that which is out. >> we have to be will go to think outside the box. not reston our laurels. tobin know 58ed >> the event includes keynote speakers, panels and workshop >> it's a way of coming together and learning from one another to stay current on what's happening in policing around the country. and around the world >> there's a network of people outside of our own area and see what other people are doing throughout the country. >> reporter: the conference overlapsed with a major city chief association fall meeting which began thursday and included attorney general jeff sessions as one of the weekend speakers who addressed efforts to reduce crime >> in the coming month, the department will award $100 million in

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strong export data coming from germany now earlier i talked to echo votes from the barcelona center for international affairs and asked him if he shares the view of the catalan president who said business is moving their headquarters out of the region doesn't hurt the catalan economy. no i don't share it right i mean on the one hand side is right in the sense that just basically it's an appointment with the notary and they change their legal seat from barcelona to neighboring regions like roland c.l. so having said that there are some tax income although might. be lost but more importantly it does considerable damage to the image of a cattle loony on all of barcelona it's an open and international place open for business and if that this and certainty should continue of course there might be also some deviation of economic dynamism away from barcelona through these other localities. as well right now or not that much changes on the operational level these banks have to the they are operational we're the people are still going to work over europe having said that illegal seed some ways more than just.

is call for national unity and an address to the nation on the bridge a refugee crisis center increasing international pressure over her failure to condemn the army for alleged abuses against the right engine more than half a million rihanna have escaped to bangladesh since the crackdown began in late august so she says she's holding talks of bangladesh about returning summer handed to me and maher those are the headlines the news continues in al-jazeera after inside story keep it or. trying to end a longstanding split palestinian rival groups fatah and hamas reach a deal but previous reconciliation attempts between them have failed can this one succeed and what could it mean for the future of the peace talks with israel this is inside story. hello again i'm james pays they've been rivals for a decade but now the palestinian groups fatah and hamas of reached a deal to makeup and work together egypt has been mediating the most recent talks in the relationship between the two factions soured in two thousand and six after hamas won the election and then sees gaza from fatah after a period of. less cautio

perspective let's now talk to account verts he is a senior research fellow at the barcelona center for international affairs thank you very much for joining us and welcome to the w. well so what we saw just now tells us on the one hand well we're not seeing a formal declaration of independence that might be comforting for the markets and for the business world but on the other hand it keeps uncertainties so what do you make of what we just saw well it seems to be does someone want to extol you shouldn't write the it doesn't declare independence out right but once to open an avenue maybe for some sort of dialogue others claim time any kind of insists on independence and insists on a referendum that has been regarded as illegal by the spanish authorities so we will need to see what the reaction of spain it's of the spanish central government and whether there can be some sort of understanding or how it will continue but a certain sense of certainty remains of course and also my issue this very unusual cooperation between the party of which to mourn which is a kind of centrist party all of conservative

he's calling on the united nations to set up an international center to fight terrorism.a as well >>> in business news today, shares of fedex and u.p.s. both falling after reports that amazon is experimenting with a new delivery service the online retail giant's new service would reportedly be aimed at making more items available for free two-day shipping you can see fedex is down by 2.8%, u.p.s. is down by 2.9% we've known for some time amazon has been playing around the edges when it comes to fulfillment and delivering that last mile but if you look at shares of amazon, they're up by just over $2 today. >> if i knew how to watch amazon prime tv at home, if i knew how to log in, could i log into amazon prime and buy this -- i'm going to buy this book by the guy who just won -- he's got a new book. >> you've never bought anything on amazon? >> um, i should -- yeah, i have. i've had people do that for me. >> the royal "we" have bought -- this is a -- penelope's bought stuff on amazon. the kids have? >> oh, my god, there's packages everyday. >> my life -- >> i asked someone

center city philadelphia today. hundreds demonstrated as the international association of chiefs of police met inside the convention tness news" reporter henry rosoff was there. >> reporter: cell phone video shows a scuffle between police and protesters near the frank rizzo statue. it happened a few blocks from the convention center which was hosting a meeting of the major cities chiefs association. police confirm at least two officers suffered minor injuries and several arrests were made. hours before the violence there was a march that made its way through the streets of center city. that crowd called for all law enforcement to be abolished. several onlookers even those who have some problems with police thought the message was a little extreme. >> if something happens we need order and police so to me i say they shouldn't have abolish police but they should work together. >> reporter: meanwhile, inside the conference the headliner attorney general jeff sessions wasted little time discussing an increase in violent crime based on the most recent fbi data. >> it's a troubling trend. >> reporter: sessions promised th

. >> sessions took the stage this morning, at the pennsylvania convention center he delivered an address to the international association of cleve of police about the plan to combat ms13, that's international criminal gang. >> i'm announcing today that i have designated ms134 as a priority for our organized crime drug enforcement task force, and they all have one mission, to go after criminals gangs, and drug trackers at the highest level. >> and his convention appearance on saturday led to protests in center sit that i left two philadelphia police officers hurt, resulted in several arrests. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos live near the convention center where police are in place to try to keep the peace. greg? >> reporter: rahel, that's right, here at 12th and arch street across the street from the convention centerment you can see police presence, in front of the convention center right now as you mentioned attorney general jeff sessions just wrapped up his speech, and all of these officers here to make sure everything remains calm. >> the final day of major law enforcement conference in center city,

spokere on this ice -- i to the middle east director of the center of strategic and international studiesank you very much for joining us. we saw just been we may be at a turning point for the civil war. what is your take on that? >> i think everybody is trying to turn away from civil war. when i was in kurdistan and baghdad in august i got a sense that this was a game of chicken that the kurds wanted a better negotiating position. they thought the referendum would advance that. i think it has its advance. they are not trying to calibrate and go from here. >> where do we go from here? >> i think they want a lot upon -- of autonomy. they are wondering how the financial deals will work out. the prime minister is running for reelection. he wants to run as the head of a united iraq. once he gets that i think he is going to have a conversation. the united states shares that goal. they had supported him because they have not gotten a lot of help from the kurds over the years. >> you talk about politics melting down. the u.s. and other western nations talk about the iraq having to come to a poli

nbc10's randy gyllenhaal is live just outside the pennsylvania convention center where the international association of chiefs of police will gather. randy. >> reporter: and, rosemary, we're expecting thousands of police officers from all over the world to come to this conference. it features panel discussions and other things for police officers to get some more education on police work, new police technology, issues that face law enforcement like officer-involved shootings. but this conference also tends to draw a lot of process. so already we're seeing these barricades put up outside the convention center. and one of the keynote speakers today will attract a lot of attention. as you mentioned attorney general jeff sessions will speak at 9:00 a.m. to this gathering of cops. he's expected to talk about initiatives to reduce violent crime. now, sessions has spent the past summer clashing with philadelphia and other big cities over their sanctuary city policies. the sessions doj even threatening to take away federal public safety funds from cities like philadelphia. philadelphia argues th

center city today. hundreds demonstrated at the international association of chiefs of police met inside the convention center. "eyewitness news" reporter henry rosoff was there. >> reporter: cell phone video shows a scuffle between police and protesters near the frank rizzo statue. it happened a few blocks from the convention center which was hosting a meeting of the major cities chiefs association. police confirm at least two officers suffered minor injuries and several arrests were made. hours before the violence there was a march that made its way through the streets of center city. that crowd called for all law enforcement to be abolished. several onlookers even those who have some problems with police thought the message was a little extreme. >> if something happens we need order and police, so to me i say they shouldn't abolish police but they should work together. >> reporter: meanwhile inside the conference the headliner attorney general jeff sessions wasted little time discussing an increase in violent crime based on the most recent fbi data. >> it's a troubling trend. >> reporter: but session

international news center in the russian capital this is r t international my names you know me welcome to the program our top story this hour the iraqi army say it has taken full control of the city of kirkuk kurdish peshmerga fighters it was described as a declaration of war by the kurdish military which promised every response. i think. it was. you. know i don't like either one. leaving me with mental problems because. all boarding although you don't want this monkey to go. a long. time at your best nothing to back up my friends. and i'm in an hour from the guy behind the camera left at the college there but now there's the shabby irish decrypted. how much did the. port authority on the block know nobody in the book or the crew or. the iraqi government say's the move was to quote increase security but the oil rich city has been under the control of kurdish forces since twenty fourteen that's when the iraqi army fled the area to escape islamic state and even tranquil has more now on how the war on terror in iraq has turned into a battle for sea territory. gunshots and one of the large

international arrivals building. the ground transport service center was modernized. >> thousands of athletes afraid to get dirty at this year's muck fest in vallejo. more than 2,000 people trekked through a 5-k course with mud trenched obstacles along the way. the event raises money for the national m-s society. the money helps to pay for research and support services for people struggling with the disease. a cause many participants have a personal connection to. one young woman said she is running for her mother, who was diagnosed with m-s over 30 years ago. >> she has fought this disease and is so inspiring. if she can do this, we have to do all we can to help. >> multiple sclerosis is a disease that disables the nervous system. most of the people diagnosed are women between the ages of 20-50. scientists don't know what causes the disease. rights now, there is no cure. >> looks like they were having some fun. some fun. >> the weather has been nice. i'm working on a nice forecast all week long as well. temperatures range from the mid- 60s right around 65 degrees. here and the warmest spot will move the arrow to the th

state department and now is at the center for strategic and international studies.rime minister mariano rajoy says he wants to restore normality. how does he do that? >> there's nothing normal about what happened over the last 24 hours. spain is in its greatest constitutional crisis, and with andcatalan parliament announcing the process to begin a declaration we are far from normal. what we will see the next few days is how in fact the spanish government will dissolve this parliament, sacking both the catalonia asce in well as the members of parliament and president puigdemont, will he meet with resistance when they try to physically remove these individuals? rajini: before some thousands of people out on the streets across the region. what kind of reaction might here be from people in spain and catalonia? s are deeplyalan divided over whether independence is the right thing. you had people celebrating the announcement of the parliament of the declaration of independence. you had others protesting this declaration. we had reports of the catalan radio services, prote

current vice president of communications for the bipartisan policy center and kelly maximum, vice president for national security and international policy at the center for american progress. robert, when we think about what steve bannon had to say today to the value voters summit in d.c., listen to what president trump had to say about health care and the executive order from the same stage at that value voters summit. take a look. >> we're taking a little different route that we had hoped because getting congress, they forgot what their pledges were. so we're going a little different route. but you know what? in the end it's going to be just as effective and maybe it will even be better. >> so steve bannon talked about this being a war. certainly it's a different type of political war in d.c. right now, asymmetrical, donald trump was against president obama using executive orders. that has been the de facto pen signing ritual of this president to get things done that he wants. is this an issue for congress as seeing something in president trump that they just can't support or is this an issue within congress that they can't fin

center. at the international association of chiefs of police opening ceremony got underway. mayor kenney and police commissioner richard ross welcomed local, state and federal authorities to philadelphia for the conference. that draws thousands from across the country and world >> we're proud to be experiencing a 40 year low in the crime rate and look forward to seeing the progress that comes out of this conference. >> we have to be willing to think outside the box. not reston our laurels. innovative >> it include keynote speakers, panels and would be shops >> it's a way of coming to stay current on what's happening in policing around the country and around the world >> the a network of people outside of our own area and see what other people are doing >> conference overlap with the major city chief association fall meeting which began thursday and included attorney general jeff sessions as one of the weekend speakers. who addressed efforts to reduce crime. >> in the coming month, the department will award $100 million in grants to state and local law enforcement agencies to

society of northern california, and he's also an advisor for bower group asia and the center for strategic and international studies. welcome to the show. nobuko saito cleary: thank you so much for inviting us. robert: well, give us an idea, first of all, for people who don't know, japan society. i talked a little bit about what it does. what is it as a group? nobuko: well, japan society was founded in 1905, as a matter of fact, the second oldest organization in america next to boston. and we celebrate a lot of events, but the parent mainly, that is japan, is introducing japanese culture and the relationship between united states and america. so, we have a lot of honor to celebrate in the past, so we honor the prime minister, or ambassador, and leader of the technology, and then a lot of arts, industry, and many people. robert: a broad spectrum of influence. nobuko: exactly. robert: yeah, what would you want people to understand in terms of what the group is doing now? larry greenwood: we do programs, about two to three months, that talk about a broad range of activities and connections between japan and th