they haven't a major peskov there are the implications are that it's all about third parties and indeed on third parties european commissioner yohannes hard has said that there is an e.u. commit there's a commission delegation in washington now to be able to talk with the house of representatives about these deals because the vote is tomorrow and they want to make sure that everything goes ahead so it benefits the you so you can see they're taking it very seriously and what we expect from washington or even wait and see got we examine these two votes here one of them what happens in within the senate is as we look at the vote that happens on tuesday but also looking at the e.u. vote which is on wednesday which is where this note was leaked from so if you think stuff baited breath i think thanks very much kate partridge. he members of the french president's party on the move have issued a statement saying that party leaders are creating new statute in a quote undemocratic way war and this from our paris correspondent charlotte depends. but this is another headache the president might go

denied having any links to the russian lawyer who participated in the meeting spokes person to mention peskov allegations of trumped russia collusion have turned into a t.v. series which has dragged on for too long. we've never been in touch with this lawyer we have nothing to comment on that she has no ties to us this is all part of a long drawn out t.v. series which can compete with the most popular shows in america but there's no need to drag us into this we don't take part in such series. civilians are starting to return to the iraqi city of mosul after the government declared victory over islamic state in the area on monday however one of the most difficult task could still lie ahead as most of us will has been devastated by month nine months of fighting the u.n. says it will claim billions of dollars and to rebuild the city. according to human rights watch the coalition used a number of weapons that are inaccurate and could be quote unlawfully indiscriminate of used in heavily populated areas among them are unguided artillery rockets and mortars nikki aaron has more on the story the lib

sanctions with extraterritorial fact meaning and impact on third countries ok i'm a spokesman dmitri peskov says that sanctions could hurt third parties by that he means countries other than russia. we consider the continuing sanctions rhetoric counterproductive it is damaging the interests of our two countries and also potentially damaging the interests of other states with which russia has trade and economic relations developing despite all the negative tendencies when meanwhile european commissioner your highness han has also said that there is a european commission delegation in washington having talks with the house of representatives to discuss the issue of sanctions an indication of just how seriously and how worried europe is over this particular issue with kendall over team trump's alleged collusion with russia is not running out of suspects the latest in the firing line is jared questionnaire the president's son in law who declined any links and a closed hearing on capitol hill today before getting remarks from the white house artie's jacqueline booga has this report. as questioni

reaction as well go ahead out of london well absolutely and the russian presidential spokesman dmitri peskov for further. the subject wasn't even touched on during the discussions that trump and putin had at the recent g twenty in how bored the thing is that trump came up against logic it has nothing to do with russia it has to do with the fact that these jihadi fighters that began the united states began funding under obama and arming to the teeth with all the ormes the cia gave them they couldn't do much with them they were ineffective fighters and now we see the ride the killing each other making temporary truce is which don't really lead to anything and they're getting totally obliterated by the much better trained much better equipped still syrian arab army and their allies so it was simply a logistical logical decision the made the kurdish fighters that america is now backing one hundred percent or simply more organized operating force however credit where it is due you mention the kurds are demilitarized just to say go ahead real quick. just credit where it's due to draw because i don

the united states and to destabilize or allies will be met with a united american response dimitry peskov a spokesman for president putin reacted noting the bill was still a draft although he said any direct response from crewdson would take more study he said in the meantime it can be said that the news is quite sad with regard to russian u.s. relations and prospects for their development this is sanctions both comes after went on record clarifying yet again that there's been no collusion with russia let me be very clear i did not collude with russia nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so i had no improper contacts i have not relied on russian funds for my businesses now this puts president trump any predicaments he's gone on record saying that he supports tougher sanctions on north korea and iran but has wanted to better relations with russia even before coming into office it was just a month ago he and president putin met for some two hours at the g. twenty summit making some wonder if relations between the two countries would improve but now before president trying to

putin did not agree to answer my questions but his closest day, demetri demetri demetrius peskov did. >> america in each country, the country of the most powerful country in the world, this is simply impossible. we'll get the truth of all of this. to do that, we need to go back to the final days of the country of vladimir putin loves. >> i think down deep in putin, there is this sense of extraordinary humiliation over the collapse of the soviet union. it was the russian i am pyempirt was not just the soviet union. >> putin returned to a country he did not recognize. the ussr had been transformed. a lot of things happened very quickly. >> freedom came fast and it exposed the rock of the heart of the soviet union. across the soviet union, hundreds of thousands of people demanded democracy and national independence. it was once again what putin feared most. the people rising up. full-ti finally, the people won. today in moscow, the credkremli the soviet union -- 300 years of history erased. so the institutions like the kgb simply seized to exist. vladimir putin views the break up of the

the kremlin spokesman last night, dimitri peskov, said take it from me, vladimir putin is satisfied with the meeting. while they should be. they went into the first face-to-face meeting between the two presidents with very low expectations. i mean the russians were apprehensive about it. they knew the domestic political situation in the united states has made the russia issue toxic for president trump. and state media which is often a conduit for the views of the kremlin before the meeting took place was saying, look, if we can agree for a second meeting, that would be considered a success by the kremlin. anything other than the abject failure would have been welcomed. of course, in the event, we know it was much more than that. it went on for 2.25 hours, 2 hours, 16 minutes. the leaders discussed the core issues at the heart of the trouble. the relationship between the united states and russia. that was way more than the kremlin had hoped for. so yes, they've been welcoming him very much. in terms of the working group on cybersecurity, sergei lavrov said, look, this is important. counte

i just got off the conference call with putin spokesman, peskov.confirmed that trump and putin did shake hands on the sidelines at the g20 and told each other they'll see each other soon for the much-anticipate much-anticipated bilateral face-to-face sit down conversation. the kremlin said that u.s./russian relations have been at zero level. they've been hurt additionally by the fact that the u.s. slapped additional sanctions against dozens of schaap entities. in -- dozens of russian entities. in the last weeks due to russian activities in ukraine and the 2014 annexation of crimea from ukraine. one potential area where the leaders could see eye to eye, miguel, is in the grinding conflict in syria. the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson said that the two militaries, u.s. and russia, have had some success in activating kind of de-confliction zones in syria. he floated the area of establishing no-fly zones. russia's top diplomat responded saying that that would be a step in the right direction. the kremlin set just getting the leaders into the same

russia has already responded in a text message to cnn kremlin spokesman dimitri peskov saying he agreesreement, rather, quite negatively. but back in washington, the investigation into russia and possible trump campaign ties is moving forward now. we now know that donald trump jr. and paul manafort will speak with a senate panel behind closed doors about that secret campaign

russia has already responded in a text message to cnn kremlin spokesman dimitri peskov saying he agrees -- he sees the agreement, rather, quite negatively. but back in washington, the investigation into russia and possible trump campaign ties is moving forward now. we now know that donald trump jr. and paul manafort will speak with a senate panel behind closed doors about that secret campaign meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower last year, june of 2016. caitlyn collins has more details. is the president responding in any way to this proposal of coming from the house and senate? >> reporter: yeah. though the president was in virginia many morning for the commissioning of the new navy carrier, he has been tweeting a lot. he has not been absent on his favorite social media platform and he's been tweeting about some of these things including pardons. let's put that up. he said, "while all agree the u.s. president has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when the only crime so far is leaks against us. fake news." that tweet seems to be a response to a "washington post" s