france's president outraged with the country's opposition figures after manual mccraw told his own citizen the french goal for resisting is economic reform. we meet outspoken british rock star roger waters who's currently on tour here in russia he's got plenty to say about the world's biggest issues and where he gets his news from. the guy was producing the record producer this record started telling me about how far to how hard it was. just pure propaganda nothing but a pack of lies from the church. and a welcome to you too for joining us thanks for choosing to out international seven pm here in moscow my name is kevin owen here with the next thirty minutes of latest headlines for you starting with this one potentially big story brewing a crucial battle is looming in the last rebel stronghold of the syrian province of idlib the u.n. special envoy for syria says that there are around ten thousand terrorists there and that the group is capable now of producing chemical weapons meantime parallel to this russia's foreign minister has warned indeed that another terrorist false flag attack is b

and putin that has taken place and mccraw asked him for for humanitarian solution to the problem and putin said he would respond to those proposals ok moving on now and a bit of contradictory news from israel and the gaza strip this week has seen more escalation in the region with hamas firing dockets into israel and israel attacking hamas' positions at the same time secret and long term cease fire negotiations have also been taking place alongside the recent violence war and peace seem to be close at hand at the same time. as people run in a panic iraq at launch from gaza lands. right next to a children's playground in israel these are mobile videos from step out this week israeli city is one of the main targets of rockets from gaza the likes of which israel hasn't experienced for a long time. yet at their most wednesday night it was really crazy there were more than one hundred fifty rockets were in the bunker i was shaking with fear. one hundred. at six o'clock in the evening the first rockets are launched from gaza there are. the projectiles are met by israeli's military targetin

has great support from a number of people including celibate teas and government leaders doesn't mccraw france spoke to president putin of russia recently asking for a humanitarian solution to deal with this issue how much will this pressure help to you think well it's hard to say you know the i know that there is a large heart negotiations it's not only macross and i know that. my colleagues since also advocates they are trying to reach america will also recently i imagine we don't know she raised his case or not. it's very hard to say unfortunately it looks like she is saying it is in the hands of only one person and . what is in regions that it's very hard to imagine i know that. we have a coalition of supporters around the world and today for example four hundred hunger is a hundred days of anger straight we have actions all around the world organized by plan it's a national. in sweden. and organized. the russian embassy and reached testament a short story of alex and stop in front of the russian embassy so we personally we want to stop until the end. it's just it's very important.

just when we thought we didn't have to think or break said for once but mccraw is not the only one who is on the one side the hopeful but on the other purpose and buckling up for a hard right as hard as it seems more likely the german industry is the association is actually war and. saying it is growing. more the risk is growing day by day and the consequences could be worse than the british government is ready to acknowledge publicly all right. at the front of stock exchange thank you so much . this un has launched a brand new electric kamado aimed squarely at the chinese market the government there has been pushing evil billet not least because of serious worries about pollution the new model will be built in china and the japanese make a hopes to gain a foothold ahead of foreign rivals but it might be the domestic companies it has to worry about. this is the first electric sedan that nissan has designed especially for the chinese market and it is now set to go into production in china a market in which no car maker wants to be left behind. china has one of the biggest market in term

the french president emmanuel mccraw and ses the security of europe should no longer rely solely on the us. a very warm welcome it's four pm here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me. our top story this hour the syrian government says it's ready to recapture the last major rebel stronghold of lib damascus has been deploying additional forces to the front line of the enclave though it still says it's willing to pursue a course of reconciliation however that idea was snubbed by the key militant group controlling the area margaret. its leader warned other functions from talking to damascus. meanwhile the russian defense ministry says the u.s. is expanding it to strike capabilities near syria moscow's that it has intelligence that jihad if starr were intending to stage a chemical attack which the west could use to justify action against the syrian government a strike on cases item using poison laden missiles is planned within the next forty eight hours there are some players outside the region are preparing yet more provocations on syrian soil involving chemical weapons

soon after gossamer met with president emanuel mccraw who promised to make him a french citizen. this spokeswoman from across party located public on marsh says the president wants to create role models for french youth. with us for that and more people like this on national heroes and that is a part of french identity you know it's just about saying this man did so much for others soon. so for the poor to pay well and we do for him to get those that's why we're integrating him into french society and ensuring that he has a decent life all this don't presume you're right. for. him and much worse would also like to be assured of a decent life and french citizenship for his act of heroism but such things rarely happen. in france thousands of illegal immigrants live from hand to mouth and the state seems to do everything in its power to encourage them to leave little housing is made available and food is provided by charities not government agencies migrant camps are regularly cleared by police asylum seekers are rarely allowed to work on a long we are here all day long. for all we

korea pave the way for the meeting with kim jong il in france might be an option president emanuel mccraw had arjen donald trump not to walk away from the iran deal during a state visit to washington is links with tehran and that might open up the necessary diplomatic channels that are voices senior people in this white house have been very critical of the iranian government and called for its removal but this is donald trump's white house if you want something to happen then it could and soon alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. all right so let's go and bring in our panel joining us in washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former white house. house and state department official with responsibility for iran in tehran. a professor of world studies at the university of tehran and in geneva john mark rickly the head of global risk at the geneva center for security policy welcome to you all hillary i want to start with you so here is yet another shift in tone from donald trump earlier this month he threatens iran now he's saying that he's willing to meet with iranian president hassan

the contempt for mccraw for the french is unbearable and reveals his disconnect with the people of france we are in twenty eighteen a d. there are many on yielding goals who are attached to social progress who still fight against regression it is inadmissible to hear the president of the republic caricature and despise the french from abroad while many french everyday citizens also felt the hum from those comments from president michael unhappy yet again while he's abroad he's chosen a venue outside forces to criticize what he sees as being the french resistance to his reforms but what many people thought as being a jibe of contempt for the french people let's not how president might console it in a press conference on thursday he defended his comments saying that he told the truth and he said that while people in france don't like permanent adjustments we are our country when in serious moments of our history we can be transformed to present my coin had been praising in denmark the danish system which means that it's easier to fire people from a job and it also means people that quit the

back to moscow this been a lot of high profile file support for send solves calls french president mccraw and as we've been reporting today will be talking with them celebrities like johnny depp steven king the writer will international pressure have any bearing in this case. well look for the crown this in self case is absolutely clear here is the treatment he has a serious criminal in russia president who has repeatedly stressed in the past that he believed in the independence of russian courts and the rule of law in russia and as president he was unable to do anything if someone was guilty of a crime in russia there are a lot of petitions all scheme for pardon that are not conceived at all left without any decision less than the one percent of petitions are actually concede that the clemency commission bryan in the country is a very bureaucratic and that means they usually find a formal reason to refuse almost every police. some experts believe that for vladimir putin this insults case is just a normal priority after the world cup as cynical as it sounds the most important thing was th

france's president stirs outrage over the country's opposition figures after manual mccraw hold his own the citizen the french goals for resisting is economic reform.

allies like france's president emmanuel mccraw and germany's chancellor angela merkel remain committed to the agreement aimed at limiting tehran's nuclear program but the u.s. argues it didn't work as it didn't go far enough. the u.s. also argues the profits made from the lifting of sanctions is being used to purchase an export weapons in places like syria lebanon and gaza to support proxy militias and the state financing of terrorism. the sanctions come as protests continue in iran against deteriorating economic conditions at the united states denies the sanctions are timed to force regime change instead it says it hopes to modify the iranian government's behavior despite longstanding u.s. policy of no formal diplomatic relations with iran president donald trump has even indicated he's willing to sit down for talks with iran's leaders no preconditions no they want to meet anytime they want heightening tensions top european foreign policy chiefs are implementing something called a blocking statute to protect a new firm still intent on doing business with iran in spite of the u.s. sanct

very clear from french officials and from briefings off the record in the least say that emanuel mccraw is one perhaps of the hardest line leaders out of the twenty seven members of the you on the on the other side of the channel now he is made europe his ideal he campaigned for it he got elected on it and he's very very clear that the united kingdom will not get a back door deal what they're calling here a semi detached deal where they will get a customs union but have none of the obligations that are at the heart of the european union also he's very clear that the negotiations will not be handled between political leaders it's the michel barnier a main negotiator for the european commission who will deal with this macro is very clear he does not want to undermine him more than one hundred thirty thousand people have been evacuated to shelters across shanghai as tropical storm diaries slams into the city the storm has been downgraded from a typhoon powerful winds caused more than one hundred fifty flights at the city's two airports to be canceled and more than one hundred twenty public

any process to brief the president on the progress and so you know he heard about it from president mccraw and from chancellor merkel but but had not been buying into the decisions made along the way as you pointed out in one of your articles they were a number of things that could have done he could have extended the sanctions waiver to allow a little bit more time for the talks and yet he decided to and it abruptly after all those meetings cordell meetings with president micron and chancellor merkel to the russians that looked kind of fluid do you think he was trying to make some point to send some assets to the europeans or is it just mr trump being who he is you know it's hard to know if he was trying to send a message but certainly after all the bonamy of the meeting after the supposedly improved atmosphere in the merkel meeting and then he actually treated his intention to make this announcement. and so telegraphed where it was going while foreign secretary boris johnson was actually in washington trying to convince vice president pence and the secretary of state to continue the nego

allies like france's president emmanuel mccraw and germany's chancellor angela merkel remain committed to the agreement aimed at limiting tehran's nuclear program but the u.s. argues it didn't work didn't go far enough. the u.s. also argues the profits made from the lifting of sanctions is being used to purchase and export weapons in places like syria lebanon and gaza to support proxy militias and the state financing of terrorism. the sanctions come as protests continue in iran against deteriorating economic conditions but the united states denies the sanctions are timed to forces. regime change instead it says it hopes to modify the iranian government's behavior despite longstanding u.s. policy of no formal diplomatic relations with iran president donald trump has even indicated he's willing to sit down for talks with iran's leaders no preconditions no they want to meet only any time they want this snapback sanctions are also just the beginning in ninety days another round of even more punishing sanctions targeting iran's massive oil industry will come in to a fact kimberly helped at

ally like france's president emmanuel mccraw and germany's chancellor angela merkel remain committed to the agreement aimed at limiting tehran's nuclear program but the u.s. argues it didn't work as it didn't go far enough. the u.s. also argues the profits made from the lifting of sanctions is being used to purchase an export weapons in places like syria lebanon and gaza to support proxy militias and the state financing of terrorism the sanctions come as protests continue in iran against deteriorating economic conditions but the united states denies the sanctions are timed to force regime change instead it says home it. to modify the iranian government's behavior despite longstanding u.s. policy of no formal diplomatic relations with iran president donald trump has even indicated he's willing to sit down for talks with iran's leaders no preconditions no they want to meet only any time they want heightening tensions top european foreign policy chiefs are implementing something called a blocking statute to protect e.u. firm still intent on doing business with iran in spite of the u.s.

ally like france's president emmanuel mccraw and germany's chancellor angela merkel remain committed to the agreement aimed at limiting tehran's nuclear program but the u.s. argues it didn't work as it didn't go far enough. back the u.s. also argues the profits made from the lifting of sanctions is being used to purchase an export weapons in places like syria lebanon and gaza to support proxy militias and the state financing of terrorism the sanctions come as protests continue in iran against deteriorating economic conditions but the united states denies the sanctions are timed to force regime change instead it says it hopes to modify the iranian government's behavior despite longstanding u.s. policy of no formal diplomatic relations with iran president don. trump has even indicated he's willing to sit down for talks with iran's leaders no preconditions no they want to meet any time they want heightening tensions top european foreign policy chiefs are implementing something called a blocking statute to protect you firm still intent on doing business with iran in spite of the u.s. san

and just when we thought we didn't have to think of breath said for once but mccraw is not the only one who is on the one side the hopeful but on the other parent buckling up for a hard right as hard breaks it seems more likely the german industry is the association has actually warned of heartbreaks and said saying it is growing. more the risk is growing day by day and the consequences could be worse than the british government is ready to acknowledge publicly all right but it's there at the front of stock exchange thank you so much. this has launched a brand new electric aimed squarely at to the chinese market the government there has been pushing evil billeted not least because of serious worries about air pollution the new model will be built in china and the japanese maker hopes to gain a foothold a hit off of foreign rivals but it might be the domestic companies it has to worry about. this is the first electric sedan that nissan has designed especially for the chinese market and it is now set to go into production in china a market in which no car maker wants to be left behind. as

regard to ukraine that's not going to happen certainly not on her under french pressure i think mr mccraw is also sending some other messages he's saying to the grid for example you cannot walk away from the your opinion and expect to be a major player and your we're not going to let that happen he's also saying to the other europeans really progress we have to pull together this nationalism has been going on and he singled out in the western countries oh really as emanating everybody including including in your country and ours he was also i think sending a message to mrs merkel out of the chancellor of the front a republic of germany saying look you and i are we can work together to be the leaders of europe and then see where we can take it and if the united states chooses to have to walk away we will be ok we think in reality is not true but it leads us to start from his perspective that if we just put the logistics to one soit we say that crawls being initiated by the potential of the united kingdom to leave the european union into. untying nineteen the united kingdom is one of the la