images and then of course they shared at times they were not you know seeing images like this of lattimer putin will say in sort of more and more sort of relaxed environment there's nothing new let's not forget that we always have those images of course lattimer putin. you know so it is but at the same time it's really the backlash from these images that we're seeing from austria over the weekend that is causing headlines but probably what i'm finding intriguing is that people don't seem to have a problem with the picture itself it's been the video came out that there was all this after all what's the reaction well the reaction has been coming in pretty hard and fast of course now most notably f. or example the co-chair of the european council on foreign relations carl bildt he said he tweeted saying the russian president was a private guest the wedding of austria's foreign minister can i still questions abandon questions do about and of course over at the austrian governments their relationship will say or what the questions are what kind of relationship it does have with moscow perhaps the mo

well a key day for world diplomacy of lattimer putin has just landed in the german capital for talks with angela merkel among the pressing issues on the agenda are syria and sanctions daniel hawkins joins me now live from berlin and daniel good to see you what more do we know about their meeting at this point. well as the second meeting between chancellor merkel and president putin in just a few months the last one taking place of course in the russian city of sochi which merkel visited back in may the message from a short seller so far don't hold your breath this is a working visit and no major announcements to come nevertheless the media has been speculating what can be gained from this meeting if you're going to come out on top can progress being made on the key issues of the day. namely while remaining the only realistic. michael stating that a working functioning relationship with russia is necessary it's necessary to keep up the dollar and communication to resolve the issues of day one of them no doubt will of course be siri. with the military phase of the conflict drawn so clo

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summit meeting with with lattimer putin in helsinki and his meeting in singapore with the north korean leader i think the political elite are quite beaten down in washington that said there is nothing like the the pro israel anti iran industry in washington that you have the north korea and russia it is an enormous industry here and auger will be out to prevent some kind of meeting between presidents trump and rouhani so we'll have to see where that where that lands are and we're going to have to leave it there we're out of time thanks so much to all our guests hillary mann leverett for what is already and john mark wrigley and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story for me mohammed jewel in the entire team here by for that. i. discover the world of al-jazeera. the best films from across on the work of travel for the on this if i'm a

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has sharply criticized the latest sanctions drive against moscow calling the measures futile lattimer putin's remarks came during a joint news conference with the president of finland in sochi. regarding the sanctions those actions are counterproductive and meaningless especially when it comes to a country like russia it's not just about the u.s. president's position it's about the position of the so-called establishment the ruling class in broader terms i hope the realisation that this policy has no future will come when they cooperate in a normal fashion. sanctions over the poisoning of a russian former intelligence agent and his daughter in the u.k. which the kremlin has been accused of orchestrating are expected to come into effect this week they will focus on exports of american made electronics used in the aeronautical and space industries moscow says the measures won't affect the russian public. in november moscow could face further restrictions described by u.s. state department official as more draconian this could include more limits on trade and banking and cuts to diplomatic relat

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is arguably one of the most unpopular initiatives of the past couple of decades and sold now lattimer putins valid for it personally so a lot of people here see it as a bit of a political gamble for the russian president as r.t. dollar figure thank you for those details. now moving on a german mother has sparked controversy by posting a video on facebook after finding out her son was one of only two german speaking kids in his kindergarten in the city of athens in it she says he feels like a foreigner. in the hope of mine is almost three months there are twenty five children in my son's group two of them speak german the others don't speak german at all is it integration of twenty three children have fun with each other while my son doesn't understand them and can't find any way to connect with them is it integration of my son has to adapt to them my son and i feel like foreigners here is that what you want to do your politicians is this integration that other children seemingly don't have to adapt because they understand each other and now my son has to adapt to these other children this i

play a central role in forming iraq's next government the kremlin has rejected criticism of lattimer putin's appearance as you can see right there at the wedding of the austrian foreign minister karin nay still the russian president danced with his hosts then brought a singers to the celebration critics said that nestle shouldn't have invited him and the move undermined european pressure on russia over its annexation of crimea austria currently holds the rotating presidency off the you. now iran's foreign minister has lashed out at the creation of an iran action group intended to coordinate the trump and ministrations policies one of the big issues has to do with the timing of that announcement and andrew is here to explain what that is thanks to remain well sixty five years ago today an american led military group toppled iran's first democratically elected government led by prime minister mohammad mosaddegh the man you see here now it's mark the anniversary iran's foreign minister zarif tweeted this photo of massada can also said that this action restored dictatorship in iran and subjugate

eric hand thank you so much for joining us we appreciate it russian pleasant president had as lattimer putin has called a new set of u.s. sanctions against moscow counterproductive and senseless but the u.s. says even more sanctions could follow or a challenge is following that story from moscow. robbie robertson has two different intended audiences in washington at the moment he is of course talking first of all to the man who sitting in the white house donald trump who he is trying to tell the door is still open. to me putin does not hold them from personally responsible for the sanctions against russia he says that the meeting that they had in helsinki recently he views positively and it was useful and that nobody could expect so many years of bad blood to be corrected within a couple of hours of meeting but they made a good start then of course there's another audience in d.c. and that is the the wider political establishment. believed to be deeply russophobia. lot of the person believed to be where these sanctions are originating and he wants to tell them that it's not going to work tha