as i am here putin meets with pope francis. the terror going to touch on a number of international topics of course including relations between the catholic church and russian orthodox churches later on in the day lot of europe will go on to me at the time president and the prime minister. will be keeping you updated throughout the day on those meetings as we go to our correspondent in rome for those updates throughout the day. more information has come to light about the underwater tragedy in northwestern russia 14 crew members died when their submersible caught fire earlier this week russia's defense minister has now revealed where the place started. to a solution to the main cause of the incident has been established it was a fire in the battery compartment which then spread a little pollution. the reactor on the vessel is completely isolated in the area has been cleared of people the crew carried out all the necessary measures to protect the installation it is fully operational this gives us hope that we will be able to rep

this is a one day visit by vladimir putin to italy. a very quick one about it believe that he's only going to be in the country for about 10 hours and in that time he's meeting with the pope as you can see the meeting is wrapping up now. and then he's headed to meet with the italian president and the italian prime minister. at that point they're expected discuss key issues russian the time cooperation and political trade economic and cultural. issues also touching on of course pressing international and regional issues at that time. so clinton is now leaving that meeting with pope francis and will be heading to his meeting with the italian leadership. will be bringing you updates throughout the day. on that meeting and it is expected that later in the day there will also be a press conference. we have more global news after this short break. georgian public especially younger generation got fed up with that well sort of just because. they failed to win the democratic reforms they are failing. economic reforms as well and when so russia

-- vladimir putin appear at this point. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: regardless of who was in the white house, regardless of the way the political winds were blowing, i have consistently treated russia like the threat that it is. even under a republican administration, i spoke out when i was afraid the u.s. wasn't doing enough to stop the erosion of democracy and rule of law in russia. a conference report that i co-authored in december, 2003, stated the managers remain gravely concerned with the deterioration and systematic dismantling of democracy and the rule of law in russia. we push president bush's administration, a republican administration to do more. and of course i helped lead the charge against the obama administration's completely feckless russia policies. president obama mocked his 2012 opponent for taking russia too seriously. his administration sought a naive reset with the calendar number, and for -- with the kremlin, and for eight years, i helped lead the charge with that weakness

are warning signs and putin ta kes so there are warning signs and putin takes these things very seriouslyysis. pleasure. the south african city of cape town, a well known tourist destination, is also one of the world's most divided and dangerous cities. it's averaged eight murders every day in the first six months of this year and earlier this month, 43 people were killed in one weekend. the bbc spent a weekend with the police and spoke with the families of those who were killed. first on the scene. the metropolitan police's law enforcement officers are out on patrol in a dangerous pa rt are out on patrol in a dangerous part of cape town. this man grew up on these streets. you killed my dad, i will kill you. you killed my brother, i will kill you. i call it the coloured curse. everyone is willing to pick up a knife or gun to avenge someone else's death. often the guns are turned against police. six members of the antigang unit we re six members of the antigang unit were shot and injured last month over the weekend we were filming, three more were shot. one of them died. 0k, three more wer

and abetting the very man i've singled out as an adversary and opposed for nearly 20 years, vladimir putin. this was less than 24 hours after the outrage industrial complex was disappointed yet again by special >> they were crushed a few months ago when the mueller report clear the president during the 2016 campaign. and now with a special counsel that has fallen flat once again. but the conspiracy theories but there are too many people who have invested too much time to simply wind it down the outrage industrial complex needed a new target and that's where i come in. mitch mcconnell one of the foreign policy conservatives who spent decades pushing back on rush every way i can think of was accused of what amount to treason by multiple media outlets within a couple of hours. these absurd smears put out there by anonymous twitter accounts. no. this modern day mccarthyism that i am a russian asset ran in the opinion pages of the washington post. the accusation i am un-american was broadcast on msnbc. this is the state, mister president, left-wing politics in 2019. but with outrage instead of

do you approve of president putin?"ow they will give the survey questioner an honest answer is a far—fetched one, so we don‘t really know how much appetite there is for change. what we do know is that these demonstrations are much larger than anyone expected. we also know that the economy has been stagnating for many years and putin doesn‘t have any appetite for the kind of reforms that could possibly turn it around. we also know that putin‘s popularity among young people in russia is really not all that great, so there are warning signs and putin takes these things very seriously. canadian police reinforcements have been sent to a remote community in the province of manitoba amid reports that two teenagers wanted for the murders of three people may be in the area. the unprecedented man—hunt for kam mccleod and bryer schmegelsky has gone on for more than a week. its focus is now almost 3,000 kilometres from british columbia, where an american woman, her australian boyfriend and a canadian man were killed. the south afri

he is one of vladimir putin's worst enemies, alexi has led protests and called for putin to be oustedhrough his attorney, he says he was the victim of putin's ultimate form of pay back -- poison. >> translator: he really was poisoned by some unidentified chemical agent. >> reporter: once in jail, he said he suffered an allergic reaction and was hospitalized, even though he said he never had allergi allergies. his personal doctor says there was a chemical substantial introduced into his body that caused the reaction. but a hospital official denies the accusation. >> translator: nothing of what you spoke about has been proven. >> reporter: navalny is no stranger to putin's rapp. he was once damaged in his right eye. protests brought thousands to the streets where putin's forces cracked down and arrested more than 1,300 people. >> it is quite possible, very probable, that they did something out of spite to navalny, who actually was the first one to call for a protest. >> reporter: navalny called for the the protests because of a decision to bar many from running for city council, a posit

have a moment if i may say is also that these demonstrations have a very strong sort of i'm tired putin undertone and i think that from the perception of the kremlin it is not good to have a revolution sort of a change of government succeed which has as one of its main sort of inspirations and slogans you know to insult the president of russia and i think that that is probably something which creates a lot of concern in moscow so mentally you're talking about all of this and sentiment and we certainly heard some of that on sunday and tonic i want to ask you about that georgian t.v. host who launched this tirade speaking in russian seemingly addressing russian president putin himself calling him a filthy invader insulting his mother and he said at one point putin flavor should get out of georgia how have georgians reacted and dimia of them share that view. they are said there were a series of reactions 1st of foremost of people where to be honest quite shocked because even if 99 percent of drew just population dislike strongly put in because he's the responsible for the occupation of geo

here a live pictures from rome or vladimir putin has just landed on his 1st visit to italy since europe skeptics came to power both science spoke of the strength of bilateral ties ahead of the trip. also this hour russia's defense minister says the fart which claimed the lives of 14 sailors on the deep sea submersible broke out in the vessel battery compartment he also gave assurances that the subs nuclear energy installation is secure. plus iran warned the u.s. not to start a fire if it can't handle the consequences after trump warn the islamic republic not to play with fire saying its uranium enrichment. very military doing that you know what they're playing with i don't think they're playing with fire this thing for the u.s. to do correct it's a mistake bush is afraid of the would find one. plus germany is in the grip of a heat wave and it's also sparked a crime wave putting a large punch up a swimming pool. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our church q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. russia's president vladimir putin has just landed in rome where

italy is probably one of them president putin considers former italian president.the former italian president a close friend and a great statesman the current government the populist government here is certainly sympathetic towards kremlin concerns about sanctions about nato's eastwood expansion and he will hope for a sympathetic ear on that issue of sanctions when he meets 2 separate kaante the prime minister later mr conti has previously lobbied for russia to be reintroduced in the group of industrialized nations now known as the g. 7 and russia was of course the 8th member of what was in the g 8 until an extension of crimea in 2014 and sanctions of course have been in place ever since then and also with allegations of election meddling and the killing on british soil of a former k.g.b. agent using. chemical nerve agents an opportunity really for russia to bolster ties with the key you nation and economy at a time when splits are perhaps just beginning to show within the e.u. and in washington in the hardened attitude that western countries have had towards russi

putin would like us to think that they are. >> and how helpful is it to the kremlin, to vladimir putintes to not be in a position to stand up for those demonstrators but to essentially be in the bag for vladimir putin? to have our president in that position, i should say. >> it's not a good situation. i applaud, by the way, the u.s. embassy in moscow, the embassy i used to run did put out a statement and that was very appreciative. but the fact that the president himself never, never, never criticizes putin, i think, undermines a statement that lower level officials, including state department officials, might say. >> and given the fact that donald trump now has utter control of the intelligence agencies through the dni being, you know, essentially sort of his other william barr, if he gets confirmed, how much danger in your view does that put the united states in in terms of our national security? >> well, i don't like that one bit, of course, because intelligence cannot be politicized. past times in our history when that's happened, it's led to very bad consequences for american nati

but if i may comment on putin's remarks about liberalism.ning, his arrogance, the smugness with which he speaks, as if the battle he has been engaged in for nearly 20 years with the west has fallen decisively in his favour. it strikes me that it raises the risk of miscalculation. he has already broken the basic rules of international behaviour, as established since the second world war, egregiously on a number of ways, one of which mrs may highlighted, the salisbury killings. it strikes me that if we look at what he might do next, particularly in the baltic states, this arrogance... you're right. his whole regime is based on militarism. for the last 40 years, there has not been one year when the russians have not been at war — ukraine, georgia, syria, afghanistan. you did say we were... on that, theresa may did take him on over these values, didn't she? she looked to me like she had a bad time and i wouldn't expect her to be in the peak of health, but she looked as if she'd rather be anywhere else in the world rather than in that room with p

in other words, protesting against putin. kremlin since 2011 when he led a massive wave of protests against putin and his party. benjamin hall reporting live with the latest. >> hi, shep. alexei navalny is one of russia's most prominent opposition figures. he has been a longtime vocal critic of president putin and he is called for free and fair elections repeatedly. it's not the first time he's been attacked with chemicals in this manner. navalny was released from hospital and returned to the same prison cell where he claims to have been poisoned, against the advice of his doctor. russian authorities have since suggested he suffered an allergic reaction but his own dr. say he has never suffered ay allergies before. they are convinced he was exposed to a toxic agent, his skin flaring up with symptoms consistent with chemical poisoning. mr. navalny had been jailed for 30 days last week after calling for protest. some of the biggest and recent history with about 10,000 russians taking to the streets last saturday to demand fair

is a russian business woman who lives in georgia she says putin has made claims that russians. i don't feel are now and. the. people. and now it's not change the georgian government heard forecasts more than $1800000.00 russian tourists would visit this year now one bank is predicting half that number and $300000000.00 of revenue will be lost if the flight band goes on the placing that shortfall with new markets will be hard if not impossible andrew simmons al-jazeera to please. india space agency is blaming a technical snag for the delayed launch of its 2nd mission to the moon chandrayaan 2 is jus to carry a lunar lander and remotely operated rover to the unexplored south pole it's pretty to say 11 years ago helped to discover water molecules francisco diego is a senior research fellow at the department of physics and astronomy at the university college london he says global unity is the key to future space exploration. kind of even like a kind of space race between the asian countries actually china india and japan but i think it's a very healthy competition in this case indi

frequently has called those sanctions quote madness to separate kaante was the prime minister putinwill meet later has been lobbying for russia to be reincarnated in the group of industrialized nations the g 7 now but of course it was until 2014 when russia was expelled the g. 8 so a generally sympathetic ear an opportunity for russia to bolster relations ties with an important e.u. country president putin doesn't have many friends in the european union but this coming at a moment when perhaps splits are just beginning to emerge within the e.u. you need to unity of purpose towards russia and on those sanctions president putin as i said on his way here he'll be meeting the pope francis the 3rd time they'll be meeting ostensibly an opportunity to mark the 10th anniversary of russia and the vatican. reduced to due to diplomatic ties after the fall of the soviet union it's president putin may invite france's to visit russia but also there could be harder talk particularly on syria pope francis has previously written to the russian president asking him to intervene to help in that crisis

for more on dean's visit jonah hall joins us now live from rome still unusual to see putin on e.u. soil is this the sign of the changing political situation in europe especially with populism. what is probably quite opportunist really on president putin's behalf it doesn't have many friends in the e.u. italy is certainly one of them the populist government here is indeed welcoming to putin sympathetic to the kremlin's concerns over things like nato native's eastward expansion and of course sanctions that have been in place ever since 2014 and the annexation of crimea you mentioned vini there the far right leader he's now the deputy president he's spoken of his admiration for putin he's called the sanctions madness. the prime minister mr putin will be meeting behind me a little later this afternoon has been lobbying for russia to be readmitted to the group of industrialized nations now known as the g. 7 previously of course the g. 8 until russia was expelled so it's an opportunity if you like to kind of exploit divisions within the european union to bolster ties with a key economy w

brush like a pro. >> mike: russian president vladimir putin met >> russian president vladimir putin metrancis for substantive talks. senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg tells us about it tonight from rome. >> reporter: a lot of love here for vladimir putin. some say italians respect a strong man. relations with russia and before that the soviet union were always -- that special relationship continues even if vladimir putin has a habit of keeping the pope waiting and kept him waiting an hour today. this is the third meeting with pope francis who spoke to the pope about venezuela, ukraine and syria and russia has agreed to step up its cooperation in scientific research with the vatican pediatric hospital. the rest of the day was full of high-level meeting celebrating and strengthening ties between the countries. the prime minister has been an advocate for inviting russia back into what was the g8 before russia's annexation of crimea and italy is clear it is not happy to lose trading opportunities as a result of the sanctions and it is encouraging trade with russia everywhere

it has been a long time hasn't it since mr putin's been initially what's prompted this latest visit. andrew good morning well have lot of. becoming much more of a frequent guest to europe like the times shortly after the events that happened in ukraine some 4 years ago and we understand that the e.u. is not the same place it's only different the people in charge of this country are there for a. so this visit really stands out for certain and also what's very important as you've said mr pope will get to have a conversation with the roman pope now just before or putin headed to italy he spoke to the journalist of a major italian newspaper and something important that he said was that russia 1 was enjoying a special time tested relation with italy now this is something that's definitely still dependent on the sanctions war that is still taking its toll on relations between moscow and brussels and other european capitals so let's have a listen what exactly the russian president said on that. as for the removal of sanctions i have spoken on the subject time and time again the one behind t

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international now russia's president vladimir putin is expected to land in rome in a couple of hours time way and meet with his italian counterpart and also pop into the vatican city for a chat with the pope while talking to journalists ahead of the trip he stressed the special time tested relations between italy and russia so let's get some more on this now by crossing live to rome and our correspondent there in leaper trying to get afternoon. we know it's been a little while has hasn't it since putin has been initially but he's due to arrive in a couple of hours time what can we expect from this visit. andrew hi again well technically this is going to be a visit. to states within just a couple of hours but in terms of political intrigues here's what's the most important thing last time our putin was here was in 2015 and ever since then the euro skeptics took over the government in rome known for their criticism of the european economic policies including anti russian sanctions and it is known that trade between italy and russia 2 was booming just before the sanctions kicked in well

s approached putin in 2016 as oil prices sunk to $29.00 a barrel putin won a major concession for his sanctions hit economy and b.s. offered to invest $10000000000.00 in the country and while the saudi economy needs oil prices around $80.00 a barrel to balance its budget russia only needs oil at $42.00 a barrel which is meant russia's rainy day fund has accumulated to 100000000000 from past production agreements. while many russian oil and gas companies are not keen on the production deal and putin would like them to pump oil freely they really don't want or prices to sink back to $30.00 a barrel or that could happen as the united states keeps pumping record amounts of oil and trade tensions to squash global growth we're joining me now from singapore is your hannahs bonine the founder and chairman of vienna and singapore based j.b. c. energy group good to speak to you sir let me ask you 1st of all who is in the driving seat in with opec now is it is saudi arabia or russia or looks like the 2 have teamed up with the both driving and the interesting element lately was that everyone had

and they have to try getting across president putin's visit to adelaide thank you. more news after this short break. what holds his hands to you simply to. be put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to listen. to going to close the slightly before 3 in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of our. pursuit. for years now the presses fattal's markets is undeniably manipulated by the same people who are printing all the money because they don't want gall to rise up in a track to cap it all while they're trying to pump the fake money called the u.s. dollar now why because it is important is unlike gold the big community can call their base layer of collateral out during what trace mayor would call. this number you would know to move through it in a circle as long as. you can move forward to much for the group with a little wooden move to do it with a. look. at. why did the sort of you you're already seems to have your limits you trace. that. you're watching art international welcome bac

s approached putin in 2016 as oil prices sunk to $29.00 about how putin won a major concession for his sanctions hit economy n.b.s. offered to invest $10000000000.00 in the country and while the saudi economy needs oil prices around $80.00 a barrel to balance its budget russia only needs oil at $42.00 a bow which is meant russia's rainy day fund has accumulated to 100000000000 from past production agreements while many russian oil and gas companies are not keen on the production deal and putin would like them to pump oil freely they really don't want or prices to sink back to 30 dollars a barrel or that could happen as the united states keeps pumping record amounts of oil and trade tensions to squash global growth we're joining me now from singapore is your hannahs bonine the founder and chairman of vienna and singapore based j. b. c. energy group good to speak to you sir let me ask you 1st of all who is in the driving seat in with opec now as it is saudi arabia or russia or looks like that to have teamed up with the both of driving and the interesting element lately was that everyone

at the world of business and economics this week 3 decades after the collapse of the soviet union putin's russia is in gauging with africa to increase more than its political clout . missile systems that could still open turkey's economy we look at the economics behind the s. 400 and the f. 35 stealth bomber. and as google prepares to launch its challenger in the games industry we find out if it could be game over for the likes of sony and microsoft. so as the soviet union imploded it turned its back on the african continent in the 1990 s. but now under president putin russia is making a push to engage the reason is simple western sanctions the pivot to china hasn't been a huge success and hopes of billions of dollars in investment from the middle east haven't arrived in the quantities expected plus african votes count in the united nations. russia's trade with africa rose 26 percent to $17400000000.00 in 2017 moscow doesn't have the financial power of beijing just in 2017 trade with africa amounted to 170000000000 dollars the u.s. is of course worried its trade with subsaharan africa was

>> i wonder what putin has politically, financially, or personally.indistinct question] >> tucker: the exchange isn't long but it really tells you everything you need to know. pelosi told our show the president is a traitor who is committing treason and yet, she doesn't want to impeach him. how does that make sense? well, it only makes sense when you understand the pelosi doesn't mean a singlee word that she says. everything is political. meaning, it's only about power. that's not just annoying, it's also ominous. and here's why. 15 years ago, this spring, we invaded iraq to stop a wmd program that didn't exist. thousands of american troops died in the process, trillions of dollars were wasted. it was the single greatest mistake in this g country in generations and yet,ti and heres the key, nobody in washington was ever punished for it. the people who planned it went on to even better jobs. one of them is now our national security advisor, john bolton. five years after the iraq war, our economy collapse. remember that? the subprime meltdown? the speci

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well it could be these special relations behind why president vladimir putin came to italy back in 25th thing when he wasn't exactly a frequent guest to europe but the e.u. is not what it used to be 5 or 4 years ago different people are in charge of italy known for their euro skeptic policies and also a different approach towards anti russian sanctions so this is definitely going to matter when the talks happened the sanctions though are still of course taking their toll on what's going on between europe and russia when the journalists of a major italian newspaper caught up with the russian leader a little earlier this week they brought the sanction stalemate up and here's what mr putin said to that as for the removal of sanctions i have spoken on the subject time and time again the one behind the sanctions is the one to take the 1st step i am talking about the european union after that russia will be able to repeal its countermeasures it is our hope that common sense will eventually prevail and europe will prioritize its own interests rather than follow instructions given by somebody e

russian president vladimir putin has met his italian counterpoints during a one day visit to rome putin's 1st official engagement in vatican city where he was welcomed by pope francis some observers say the meeting could pave the way for the 1st papal visit see russia because it's also holding talks with italy's populist governments too and hill has more now from vatican city. well russia and president putin may not have many friends in the european union but italy is certainly one of them the populist government here known to be sympathetic towards the kremlin's concerns including things like nato's eastward expansion and of course sanctions applied against russia since the annexation of crimea in 2014. the far right leader now the deputy prime minister here as often expressed his admiration for putin and talked of those sanctions as being quote unquote madness and to accept he called to the prime minister who president putin will be meeting during the afternoon behind me has lobbied for russia to be readmitted to the group of industrialized nations now known as the g. 7 formally though

not any putin has met with pope francis in the vatican the russian president has also set to meet battalion counterparts say geometry reading. mass public backlash reps against one of the 2 men gunning to become british prime minister for foreign secretary jeremy hunt ties opposition labor party leader jeremy corbyn to anti semitism and even auschwitz atrocities. germany is in the grip of a heat wave which is also triggered a crime wave including a large punch up at a swimming pool. following welcome this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow and the caring top story this hour of law to me a person has met with the pope in the vatican is the 3rd time russia's president has met pope francis with the previous meetings in 20132015 years as they moved through the papal palace for talks the pair both displayed their politeness as they approached the door the pope invited putin to enter the room 1st the russian president in turn offered to let pope francis through 1st before accepting. is in rome for as with the latest. a great display of warmth and respect and that scene at

since 2017, i've continued reminding everyone that putin is not our friend. russia is going to continue trying to meddl meddle and we na comprehensive strategy to contest the russian aggression. once more for good measure mr. president i ask unanimous consent that the news article dated august 15, 2018 entitled u.s. senate's top republican ren likened russia to old soviet union be included in the record. >> without objection. >> i don't normally take the time to respond to criticism you when they have no clue what they're talking about, but this is damaging because of the way that it warps the public discourse. facts matter, details matter, history matters. in the middle of the 20th century the original mccarthyism hurt america's strength is diminished standing in the cold war by dividing us against ourselves and crowding out reasonable politics. politicize from legitimate efforts to contest the soviet union including the efforts to rule out the agents in our midst in the short they did the work for them. mccarthyism did the work for the russian. here we are

i get along with president putin. i get along with mohammed from saudi arabia, but i also get along with people that would be per sooe perceived as being very nice. i was with prime minister may today. you take a look at the new head of australia, japan, japan, prime minister abe, they're all fine as far as i'm concerned. some are stronger than others. >> joining us from london, columnist for the "washington post" and author of the despites police. we talked earlier in hour, you made a great point about the unintended consequences of the president's coziness with dictators that it gives a green light to leaders of dark spots around the world. for our allies, how are they reacting to this. are they waiting out the end of the trump administration? what's the view of our allies here? >> yeah, i mean, when i spoke to people in london, that is exactly what they're doing. they're hoping in 16 months or whatever it is, there will be a change in u.s. leadership, and in the meantime, they're trying to ensure they don't sort of

. >>> and putin's arctic policy. russia's vladimir putin flexing his muscles with the new show of military might, this time in the arctic. there is a new missile test signal a new threat to american aircraft? wolf blitzer is off. i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. iran raising tensions and the stakes in the gulf region by seizing two oil tankers. the iran revolutionary guard has krapted a ship and a line earn flag vessel has already been grabbed. one industry analyst called it the highest security threat in the region since the late 1980s. president trump is back at it renewing his attacks on a muslim congresswomen and now praising the crowd which chanted "send her back" saying her rally was made up of incredible patriots, a day after the president claimed to disavow the ugly chant under pressure from his daughter ivanka and concerned gop allies but now the president who started it all with racist attacks on four minority congresswomen said somali-born congresswomen ilhan omar is l

and bring us up to speed on who else putin is meeting today. jacqueline good afternoon once again definitely this is a special one the great display of warmth and respect and that scene at the door explains it all it's definitely not an awkward moment but obviously just a great display of friendship. and the head of the roman catholic church stand why don't while to get there they were seen to walk in through the ancient waters of the vatican looking at all these precious exhibits paintings the talks themselves lasted for an hour and we were expecting an exchange of gifts and. it happened pope francis got. old russian orthodox icon which is also a very precious item and also a movie now what the russian president got from the poles was an 18th century drawing and also a message to the young people in russia we don't know if that meeting wrapped up for the moment but right now. in one of the building will be italian government and the russian president is not here right now so when it comes to. political intrigue something that's more important

as for my question to president putin how would u.s. says ok the point a minute of him is on the line and then. that's the position of chairman of the european commission. we know she was against russia spall is saying also are you disappointed so we're disappointed. that after visiting the us and meeting. vinny has. needs to step forward to make their own decisions regarding ukraine well it's it's it's smaller career port and less of a question i couldn't hear the translation until the very end unfortunately. for somebody with a little known. group meets your question please. see below on up into the service of my 1st question was. would you like to talk about the trade agreements. that were signed with china. against the background of the criticism against china that we've heard and also what you do think about the appointment of them is upon the liar but on the position in. the european commission chairman mike bell were disappointed that matteo civilian after the. going to washington and. meeting. sadly that's right it is russia tha

but now under president putin russia is making a push to engage the reason is simple western sanctions the pivot to china hasn't been a huge success and hopes of billions of dollars in investment from the middle east haven't arrived in the quantities expected plus african votes count in the united nations. russia's trade with africa rose 26 percent to $17400000000.00 in 2017 moscow doesn't have the financial power of beijing just in 2017 trade with africa amounted to 170000000000 dollars the u.s. is of course worried its trade with subsaharan africa was $39000000000.00 in 2017 and this is what russia is doing in africa it has oil and gas deals with algeria egypt ghana nigeria and mozambique it has nuclear deals in place with rwanda zambia and south africa although that is in limbo while it is a big supplier of arms to egypt algeria sudan and angola moscow is increasing support across the continent that's not a comprehensive list by any means but let's get more on russia's interest in africa now joining me from london is charles robinson chief global economist and head of macro strachey

international now russia's president vladimir putin is expected to land in rome in a couple of hours time where he will meet with his italian counterpart and also pop into the vatican 2 for a chat with the pope talking to journalists ahead of the trip though he did stress the special time tested relations between italy and also russia reporting from rome . this is going to be a visit of 2 states within just a couple of hours but in terms of political intrigues here's what's the most important thing the last time a lot of our putin was here was in 2015 and ever since then the euro skeptics took over the government in rome known for their criticism of the european economic policies including anti russian sanctions and it is known that trade between italy and russia was booming just before the sanctions kicked in mr putin is saying that sanctions can only be lifted if the will comes from both ways and at the moment we're not seeing any of that from the european union as for the removal of sanctions i have spoken on the subject time and time again the one behind the sanctions is the one

if the putin party doesn't win then, putin will have a fight on his hands and we're seeing how he intendsrespond. shep? >> shepard: ben hall live in london, this is just in. a navy fighter jet has crashed near china lake, california. you can see it on the map there. it's about -- if you're listening, it's about 150 miles north and east of los angeles. the navy tweeted that the jet is a single seater, an fa-18 e super hornet. officials say search and rescue efforts are underway now. we don't know about the pilot. the american teen accused of killing a police officer in italy hiring very high profile attorneys and now we're hearing from one of their fathers. a former public enemy number 1 set to come up from the grave. why in the world would you dig up john dillinger? >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. >> teacher: let's turn in your science papers. >> tech vo: this teacher always puts her students first. >> student: i did mine on volcanoes. >> teacher: you did?! oh, i can't wait to read it. >> tech vo: so when sh

georgia they went to onto the streets and a lot of anti russian slogans were heard then president putin slammed the travel ban on to georgia no flights are allowed to leave moscow heading to georgia starting on monday and then now we kind of presenter on georgian television insulted president putin very badly and this has angered a lot of people here in russia so that's why this they do ask for these economic sanctions it would basically basically be wine and water and mineral water and also money transfers going to georgia but the president sat again that he doesn't want these sanctions at this moment the ministry of foreign affairs sad that it's not only about what georgia has been saying in the anti russian sentiment but also the fact that the authorities have not been able to control the situation the french government wants to introduce some eco tax for all slides taking off from the country's airports money raised will be invested in public transport within france . flying out of france will become more expensive for air passengers from next year the new eco tax is part of the fre

over the next 5 to 10 years and so what we say is a concerted effort by putin to bring in the indian prime minister the japanese prime minister the chinese leadership and now african leaders to to to diversify the russian trade export routes and africa's boom in the last few years for russia and its exports to africa which just one percent a few years ago they're now running a 4 percent and i think that's caught the russians attention and how do you think china europe and united states are seeing this russian comeback. i was in congo last week and the russians are heavily involved in central african republic which is the country just to the north just over the border and i think that's it to agree of suspicion about that but so far you know puff of these isolated incidents in just one or 2 countries most of russia's in gauge with africa's being north africa so nearly 80 percent of all trade the russia does all exports go to egypt tunisia algeria this is so so the russians are trying to to spread south. i think the west is much more concerned by china at the moment and their engagemen

this is putin's game. country he feels he can win, it's when he goes against an alliance like nato or the european union, he feels completely isolated and small. >> brian, for putin, he wants to weaken every institution involved. he wants to weaken britain and the government. he wants to weaken the european union. this brexit, this hard chaos stuff would do that. >> yeah, we're talking about serious economic damage. we're talking about serious divides between brussels and london. which will have knock-on geopolitical ramifications. which are very, very welcome for vladimir putin. as jeremy rightly points out, if you have the u.s. retrenching, being donald trump's america first strategy combined with an economically declining united kingdom, all of that is music to the ears of vladimir putin. so i think that over the long run this is something that we should pay attention to in the united states as well in the sense that this is bad for american interests to have a close ally, an important ally like the uni

of these many years of position between russia and georgia don't want to hear you say that putin then gave his own version of history but one of the things that he did do was push back on the duma when they wanted to impose sanctions against georgia so problem can you explain that to me what's the rationale for for going against parliament and saying no no let's not impose sanctions on mineral water and wine and remittances and let's rather continue pursuing and better relations with georgia after you've been insulted in that way. well putin said this journalist doesn't matter that he is just kind of a journalist and we had him say work here wishes and in general is trying to put a good policeman of course i mean parliament does not decide in moscow anything about sanctions even weekly they can't it's only the president can impose sanctions are not so parliament had a vote to ask the government to propose to putin to impose sanctions and put in said no i won't do all that he is that even we go he in his power and de facto the russian duma is just a rubber stamp that. puts forward. tha

take a look. >> look at what is happening with putin. is trying to undo our elections, he is undoing elections in europe. look at what is happening in hungary. look at what is happening in poland. look at what is happening.t you think that would've happened under my watch and barack's watch? i promise you it wouldn't have. >> hasn't this president done what you have wanted to do by reaching out to kim? >> he did the exact opposite. kim everything he wanted, legitimacy. he gave kim the end of the relationship as a practical matter with south korea and japan as a united front and china off the hook. >> sean: no, he actually put sanctions on them, he did not give anything but his time and we have hostages back, remains back, rockets stopped firing. he did not drop $150 billion on the tarmac of radical mullahs that chant "death to america." all the election meddling happened on biden-obama's watch. all" of it. it's a fact. devin nunes was warning them in early 2014, they did not listen. and it's just the latest blunder by biden because espec

president trump puts more trust in vladimir putin than dan coats and trump is the ultimate client for the intelligence community. he's not looking for a director of national intelligence he's looking for someone to fit his political talking point so if dan coats leaves, whoever comes in next will face the same challenges. he'll call on intelligence community to fit a campaign slogan and undermine them and discount what they are saying if it is not censored before it meets his desk, if it doesn't fit again with the 2020 campaign slogan. >> and you remember in helsinki the president clearly didn't accept dan coats' view about russian interference. he accepted putin's view. >> aibbsolutely and that is onef the many sources of tension in the intelligence community. dan coats is a professional and a former senator and former congressman and he's one of the last men standing of the people who president trump brought in at the beginning to give him a sort of sturdy foundation, the