live from moscow to the world this is r t international my names you know neil welcome to the program a top story continuing to grow over claims of a chemical weapons attack in the syrian city of duma earlier this month a number of western journalists who travel to the city say they are struggling to find eyewitnesses to confirm the reports let's get into this day of joins me live in good morning to you. what did the journalists actually discover tell us once the arrived. well that's what what's so newsworthy that they found nothing if you were expecting any concrete evidence of culpability or even and he said suggestion well you were in for a disappointment. i don't know just coming back from in town about five kilometers from here and it has approximately twenty thousand people who have fled from eastern guta and above all do the people very telling us very persuasively this whole story from april seventh was still. there are many people i talked to amid the ruins of the town who said that they never believed in gas stories which they usually put a boat they claim by the army is the

defense analyst ivan eland to discuss this further thanks for being with us here on r t international as always. so. says that she is against dividing syria but she supports washington which does not want to give aid to the assad controlled parts of syria which is effectively dividing the country is not this kind of a contract contradicting move is any kind of speaking out of both sides of her mouth here. but i think she was and now the other members of the e.u. are saying that they're reluctant to give aid to syria if there's no movement toward peace negotiations and i think that's their general. so. why would the u.s. only give aid to parts of syria not under assad's control does it hope that other parts of syria will rebel in order to get the u.s. aid i mean we already have a civil war going here are they trying to kind of stoke the fires. well i think they don't really they've been opposed to both obama and been opposed to the syrian regime of assad and so they don't really want to contribute to that and they they also don't want to. give aid and tell there is a peace agreement i

here in moscow this when's the april the twenty fifth my names you know neal this is r t international our top story donald trump has heaped praise on among you all micron a meeting in the white house the two presidents met to discuss syria and iran but it's their touchy feely friendship that's so all over the headlines. thank you. mr president the old saying what a great relationship we have and they're actually correct it's not fake news finally it's not fake news so it's a great honor they don't know that you're here but we do have a very special relationship and try to get the pieces. to the people we have to make them for he is perfect so it is really it is really great to be with you and your special critic now a lot of the basis of recent unity between donald trump and french president mccraw on has been the recent attack on syria france and the united states along with the u.k. cooperated in the recent air strikes in syria now it seems pretty clear that mccrie on was hoping that this recent attack could kind of lay the basis for a continued cooperation between the united states

around the clock across the world this is r t international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program our top story and donald trump heaped praise on the money will not a meeting in the white house the two presidents met to discuss topics such as syria the iran nuclear deal but it's their touchy feely friendship that's all over the headlines. do you. think. mr president the old saying what a great relationship we have and they're actually correct it's not fake news finally it's not fake news so it's a great honor great honor that you're here but we do have a very special relationship in fact i get that piece of. the piece we have to make him for he is perfect so it is really it is really great to be with you and your special critic now a lot of the basis of recent unity between donald trump and french president mccraw on has been the recent attack on syria france and the united states along with the u.k. cooperated in the recent air strikes in syria now it seems pretty clear that mccrie on was hoping that this recent attack could kind of lay the basis for a continued co

says r t international thanks for joining us so far on this saturday more news and often our. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president injured. or something want to. have to like to be press that's what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of our. back question. los angeles the sone of luxury and fame but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. the simple fact in l.a. is there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's nowhere to come in and it's been a struggle. running into this man from his own response to the problem and constructed dozens of tiny homes for people in need of shelter when you have nothing and nowhere to go. you know having something like this may as well be a castle but do the authorities accept such solution. me house on a city parking space is not a solution perth to someone monitoring the site otherwise it will be a free for all there a better alternative to end the

so that's all in the big picture tonight seven ten thirty eastern on r t america ten eastern are around the world on r t international hollin cook we thank you i am already intrigued won't miss it thank you my friend you bet commish. thanks very much for watching we'll catch you next time have a great weekend. in july twenty seventh team on an attempt to freelance journalist working with the team militant shelling in syria. so on a second focus has established a memorial the lives they will recognize will reporters who often risk in the city because the truth comes through that these you can submit your published works in a video form britain form two and they don't come into. your bible. three little piggies but the big number one is an affair clancy alistair houses blown away by the huffing and puffing at the big bad wolf and then taking a number two you've got countries like india that are like one step bad one step back a second household sector has all the gold there. exactly and then the big bad wolf often popped in the people. the government was blown away and you got the countries like china and russia that i

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and thanks so much for sharing your sunday with us here at r t international nearly what eleven twenty six here in the russian capital more of the week's top stories at the top of the hour. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way he's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star among us and the huge amount of pressure to come out you have to go meet the center of the beach but tell we are with you and we will show the great game the great game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down there we left go. alone and doesn't want to you know and i'm really happy to join that for the two thousand and three and world cup in russia meet the special one come on don't appreciate me just just read the review the aussie team's latest edition may go up as we go so i need to just say look. when gold make this manufacture come sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round to listen

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after being on thursday here in moscow my name's colleen bray welcome to your world news for m r t international first for you this hour it's been revealed the dubai based company hired a top level p.r. executive to produce a film linking cattle with terrorism a report from the bureau of investigative journalism also claims his firm previously created propaganda material for the pentagon breaking it all down for us now is more i guess. there's no propaganda quite like military propaganda psychological operations that these psyops serious stuff aside from mere unlimited money you also don't have to deal with all those annoying ethical restrictions i just assumed it was news gathering. for having seen the process and worked in the process so then realize this is a big project so we would do the news items that would go out on the news and or on various channels locally and we were to make it its best we could look. as if it was made locally belled porton ger specialized in military grade propaganda the british p.r. firm was active in iraq for years to the us commander there they did crazy stuff fa

broadcasting live direct from moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international. the governor of russia's region has resigned over last sunday's deadly fire at a shopping center and it comes after investigators found a series of violations and safety procedures which left more than sixty people dead most of whom were children here's a recap of that tragic day. but . nine years why didn't i see the new. years you know. like a good son was and if you recall chicken you go. to if she knew. why our. first of that. old. give you a look at six hundred you take of this it is a vision it's. very unusual because they like to shift if it. does. first. there was no alarm no siren no sprinklers the whole fire prevention system was off fire exits blocked people inside this shopping mall were left on their own to find out about the beginning inferno by the thick stench in there knows this shopping mall used to be a confectionery and in fact it conducted fire drills just last week so a lot of. very grave and outrages flaws and missed in those drills and so the investigation is

warm welcome to the program for me and all of the crew here at r t international thanks for joining us this hour. trees in may and the manual necron have come under heavy criticism from british and lawmakers the u.k. and french leaders were defending their decision not to consult their national parliaments before bombing syria on saturday these are members of the european parliament during president mccrone speech several of them held signs calling for an end to the military action in syria the dear tutor has the latest. prances emmanuel micron kayser theresa may a facing a pretty tough time retrospectively in trying to justify the airstrikes that they carried out in syria over the weekend here's how the european parliament members met with macross on you can see that they were protesting against the action taken in syria cooperation or touch of any three countries having to be for the honor of the international community in the legitimates multilateral framework you know. least the marker and speech was a monument of political cynicism. when we want without any approval. over the past

thank you very much for being with us here on r t international. you know when it comes to issues of race it is always a very tense and delicate subject. let's talk about the brooklyn museum first should skin color have been a decisive factor in choosing this person for the job and i guess horse we can go to you first. absolutely not i think it's very disappointing i mean excellence should always be the criteria and i think if people have a preordained idea about what the gender or racial makeup of a given candidate is going to be those people i think need to explain things but when you're looking for the top tier candidate that's the question to ask is this particular person amazing remarkable and exceptional if this person is and by all accounts she is then that should be the end of the conversation do you have any comment on this do you think that the appointment was appropriate. and i think it's interesting we think about criteria for who it is that we want to bring in to a position. and it's not unusual to disarm and that we need to ensure tha

welcome back you're watching the weekly here on r t international now a suicide bomber has killed at least fifty seven people at a voter registration center in the afghan capital kabul eight children were among those killed in the explosion on sunday and more than one hundred people were injured last one off as people were lining up at a government office to put their names down for the parliamentary election due to take place in october islamic state has claimed responsibility for the bomb. after nearly six decades under the leadership of the castro brothers cuba has a new president. has been sworn in replacing a role castro let's now take a look at his path to leadership. a new chapter has opened in cuba as miguel de can a live was officially named the country's new leader on thursday with a final vote in cuba's national assembly it's the first time in nearly sixty years that cuba is being led by a man not named castro that gives us an idea of the magnitude of this change will have on the island the s.q.l. is fifty seven years old and wasn't even born when fidel castro led his revo

that's all in the big picture tonight seven and ten thirty eastern on r t america ten eastern are around the world on r t international holland cook we thank you i am already intrigued won't miss it thank you my friend you bet commish. thanks very much for watching we'll catch you next time have a great weekend. and is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos and then builds dismiss it to do it look like you know. this isn't like complicity is going to sunday all maybe. he does with. the only palestinians is who gets the most help from his to resume counterparts i don't think it is of those who in the world and the vision to know who can do this . and that is all of us not just you have to display any of the most of that you have i don't know if you compete in the doesn't seem to do more commitments also there are some positions. no. no. no collusion found the u.s. house intelligence committee clears donald trump of allegations his presidential campaign was working with russia. continues to fuel the allegations says a new interview by the russian lawyer he met with from c

a warm welcome to the program for me and all of the crew here at r t international thanks for tuning in this hour with the syrian town of duma now liberated by government forces the whole of the eastern good a region has been freed of militants civilians that remain there have shared terrifying stories of what life was like for them under terrorist rule. that. after two years in detention he locked us in cages from morning to evening for three days we were put in the cages and paraded all over the streets and duma people there threw things at us and swore at us we were in the cages without any food for three days so. they hurl stones at us and beat us and. they took some people and put them on the roofs to stop the aircraft they took a lot of us as human shields some of us refused got out and some didn't like it we suffered a lot we were called starving were used as human shields. some are and her children had been held captive since two thousand and thirteen she says they were captured after her husband was killed they were freed along many others as a part of a deal struck between

this hour's top headlines on r t international un security team arrives in the syrian town of ahead of the official probe into an alleged chemical attack meanwhile eyewitnesses and medical stuff on the ground at odds he spoke to claim but they saw no sign of toxic agents being new. members of the european parliament to voice their anger at the french president over the action taken against the masochists of the u.k. government faces a backlash from and its role in the strike. members of this house seem top let's say in foreign policy of this country the president. and we talked to the producers of a documentary called in the execution of shadow play in the u.s. the death penalty was a racial undertone. a one minute past nine on a wednesday morning here in moscow this is the international we do start this hour with breaking news from so. russia we understand a seventeen year old school student has attacked his class and tried to set her on fire in the town of studly according to investigators he stabbed one of his classmates and teachers before dousing the room inflammable liquid and se

this is r t international coming to live from the russian capital with me jacqueline boca welcome to the program protesters have been burning barricades while police have fired tear gas near the french city of nuns that's as a standoff by environmentalists continues for a second day officers have been trying to evict protesters from their camp and artie's charlotta been skiing was caught up in the action. you can see that we just had two gas fires into this campus trying to move this out demonstrators away and that's because just in the foreground but difficult to see behind some of the smoke are some of the structures that some people have been living in some protesters have been living on the site since two thousand and eight they say it's their land and they won't stay and we've been speaking to one young mother who's got a fifteen month old son who's been living here for seven years and this is what she told us about her thoughts on losing her house which looks like it's next in line to be demolished i think i'm pushing away any kind of real emotional attachment to the buildings

live from moscow to the world is r t international my names you know neil welcome to the program top story a top level p.r. executive formerly with the pentagon has produced the film linking qatar with terrorism he was hired by aid to buy based company to create the propaganda movie that is according to the bureau of investigative journalism now the four largest gulf states accused of sponsoring terrorism and have essentially blockaded the country breaking it all done for us now. live. there's no propaganda quite like military propaganda psychological operations that these psyops serious stuff aside from mere unlimited money you also don't have to deal with all those annoying ethical restrictions on tissues newsgathering. having seen the process and worked in the process of them realize this is a big project so we would do the news items that would go out on the news and or on various channels locally and we were to make it its best we could look as if it was made locally belled part to injure specialized didn't military grade propaganda the british p.r. firm was active in iraq for y

twenty four hour news live from moscow this is r t international my names you know neal good to have your company dyed certain tin uing to grow over claims of a chemical weapons attack in the syrian city of duma earlier this month a number of western journalists who travel to the city say they are struggling to find eyewitnesses to confirm the reports i discussed the story with our senior correspondent steve. if you were expecting any concrete evidence of assad's culpability or even any set suggestion well you're in for a disappointment because we're just coming back from inturn about five kilometers from here and it has approximately twenty thousand people who have fled from eastern guta and above all do the people very telling us very persuasively that this whole story from april to seven was steve. there are many people i talked to amid the ruins of the town who said that they never believed in gas stories which they usually put a boat by the arm is the most groups these are serious journalists that we're talking about robert fisk a reporter from the independent he has decades of

you're watching r t international for the past half hour we've been watching that news conference in the turkish capital between the leaders of turkey russia and iran they've been talking about the two day summit where the main focus has been getting to an end game in syria the watchword in mind that over the past seven years of the syrian conflict they haven't always seen eye to eye on what to do next in trying to solve syria today very much on the same page talk of agreeing to maintain syria's territorial integrity moves forward and trying to get more countries on board to help those who've been suffering in the seven years of the drawn out conflict in syria we got a correspondent in ankara will be pulling together what was said at that summit in the next few minutes or so. our other breaking news this hour the u.k. foreign office says deleted a tweet saying that experts at a british lab had confirmed the nerve agent used in the scribal poisoning case was produced in russia let's get on top of that now our correspondent in westminster because that either has to be a little bit of d

at your back with r t international we are going to go to a big week in cuba in just a moment but first some breaking news to update you on at least four people have been killed and twenty injured in an explosion in the afghan capital kabul that's according to officials local news i say that it happened near an election registration center in the west of the city now the country is preparing for a long awaited parliamentary elections in october the head of the police department told the news that a suicide bomber was responsible at this moment no group has come forward to claim the attack but it is a story will become following over the next few hours. ok after nearly six decades under the leadership of the castro family cuba has a new president miguel diaz was the man chosen to succeed raul castro we took a look at his path to the car to be an island's top job. a new chapter has opened in cuba as miguel de can a live was officially named the country's new leader on thursday with a final vote in cuba's national assembly it's the first time in nearly sixty years that cuba is being led by

that's all in the big picture tonight seven and ten thirty eastern on r t america ten eastern are around the world on r t international hollin cook we thank you i am already intrigued won't miss it thank you my friend you bet commish. thanks very much for watching we'll catch you next time have a great weekend. elliston is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos. to kiss it to do it look like you know. this isn't like complicity is going to sunday all maybe. you tell me. the only palestinians who gets the most help from it's too soon counterparts i don't think this is of those who in the world under the vision know when to do this . and that is all of us not just you have to this lady of the messiah that you had i don't know if you competed in the doesn't seem to do more in the us also there are some positions. you never know what's around the corner you never know what's in the pub you going to walk into excitement it's that not knowing that's where the adrenalin much comes from. and you can use a move by definition and extreme through all. the violence is a part and it

that's all in the big picture tonight seven and ten thirty eastern on r t america ten eastern are around the world on r t international holon cook we thank you i am already intrigued won't miss it thank you my friend you bet commish. thanks very much for watching we'll catch you next time have a great weekend. and is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos and build dismiss it to do it look like you know. this isn't like complicity is going to sell you know maybe if you do. you tell me. the only palestinians it gets the most hopeful is to reduce one count of those things visit of those who are in the world under the vision to know who can do this . and that is all of us not just you have to this lady of the most of that you had i don't know if you competed in the doesn't seem to do more commitments last their company's own. right but. one of the. older guys are so delighted that something was going to go on that isn't really. good for the general journalism though. you know it's really children on drug smuggling are going out target children are told are you ok. no collu

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us at least three people are injured after a shooting at the you tube headquarters in san bruno california this according to the police and the female attacker has died of self-inflicted injuries are. as more . san bruno police have confirmed that one person has died of the police chief said that they were still investigating but they found a woman dead with a quote self-inflicted wound that could definitely be the shooter the others were taken to nearby hospitals and now it is no longer being treated as an active shooter situation and this all happened after gunshots were reported just outside of you tube's headquarters in northern california san bruno california it's just a south of san francisco but armed police swat goals and helicopters quickly surrounded the facility and the facility was under lockdown now we don't know any more details about the shooter but this all comes amid a national gun control debate so we'll just have to see if this strengthens the argument

we can now cross live to a law professor done kovalchuk dan thanks for being with us here on r t international. do we have dan. ok it seems that we do not have we will await you know live t.v. these things do happen and we lost him for a second there but we do have a now let's go to him live sorry about that we had a little bit of technical difficulties there for a second dan. so about this whole script case and the latest developments it seems that it's just a lot of chaos at this moment the russian ambassador to the u.n. . ben zia describe the u.k. allegations as a theater of the absurd do you agree with this assessment. first of all. it's leaking it's just a tactic that's what it was too apparently the agents that it were used against the script. could have been produced by any country and in fact i am it's yours. you mention the court and down laboratory that would be an initial screen of the chemicals that it could not determine who was responsible for that. interestingly craig murray british citizen who used to be an ambassador back to stan is very adamant that he believes russia was not

you're watching r t international rather big story is syria developments after the break. twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of it but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and a huge amount of pressure you have to be the center of the. great. you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to. go. alone. and i'm really happy to join. the special one. latest edition as we go. back in the past thirty minutes or so chancellor angela merkel has said the germany would not participate in an american military operation carried out against president assad in syria that's other members of the coalition particularly france and the u.k. are still yet to decide. germany will not take part in any possible operation though there's no decision on that yet. but as the u.s. and its allies strikes against syria tension between america and russia continues to grow it's after president trump tweeted that moscow should get ready the white house press secretary late

welcome back to r t international the u.k. is expected on monday to field questions from rochelle in the case of a former spy poisoned last month that's according to the british envoy to the international chemical watchdog the o.p.c. w surrogate script and his daughter yulia were poisoned in seoul three on march the fourth the u.k. immediately stated that moscow was quote highly likely to have been behind the incident but the o.p.c. w. under u.k. military love were unable to determine the origin of the poison used in the sort of spree attack ortiz sophie shevardnadze spoke to a former eastern bloc spy who successfully penetrated the cia during the cold war he his perspective on the script case. i. i. was so scrip are most definitely wasn't a victim of any kind of operation or at that from the russian side because that would totally destroy russian credibility as far as exchanges are concerned and they are dependent on it because they certainly have to get their people back if they get into trouble the union i. there is certain

a warm welcome to the program for me jack america and all of the crew here at r t international thanks for joining us this hour the situation around syria seems to be escalating by the minute with the u.s. president sending a chilling warning get ready russia has promised quote nice new smart missiles will be fired at syria in response to the alleged chemical attack in duma he also said relations with moscow are now even worse than during the cold war russia warns any strike on syria will get in the way of investigating the reported chemical incident that sparked the current crisis. and by the way worthy of the c.w. experts warned that those missiles my destroy all the evidence of chemical weaponry used on the ground or they just want to quickly hide the evidence of the provocation by those smart missile strikes so the international experts want to have any proof to look for. for more on the latest escalation between washington and moscow we can now cross live to artist caleb mop and take us through what's been happening over the past few days while this heated exchange between russia

about this is r t international as the syrian military words to secure complete control of the battle scarred city of duma kilometers of rubble built tunnels have been discovered r.d.s. exclusive images of the vast subterranean network that helps to sustain the islamist insurgents. still while they starved this they harass the us they moved around in our blood as you see these tunnels are massive they make catches work on them as well as civilians that they wouldn't feed those who refused to work and you can see how big they are and how much they have in there is like a city beneath a city. we would be taken to the spot where the fighting with the and they would give as a matter fifteen minutes before it started they showed us how to act and whom to shoot the guy he told us what to do you would then disappear after that it all depended on luck before the fighting they used to tell us about you had these martyrs of g. . and of our heroic death on the battlefield but other times they treated us like dogs. the russian defense ministry has displayed fragments of several missiles recovered

for a good evening to you my name's neil harvey this is r t international. organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has announced a fact finding mission to syria to investigate the latest chemical attack claims get more on this story now from our correspondent in new york caleb moore put together take us through then the details of this development please. yes now a fact finding mission from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons will be going to syria now once that the syrian government is preparing for the arrival of the inspectors and chemical experts and at this point russia is offering to provide security and protection for the o.p.c. w chemical experts while they're investigating this is very important because in a previous o p c w investigation the chemical inspectors were not able to actually visit the site of the alleged chemical attack in khan's shakoor the reason for that being that they said they did not have adequate protection well now you know russia is willing to provide security for the o.p.c. w. to visit the si

french national front representative in the united straits denis thanks for being with us here on r t international so we're going. the united states and france in fact france is america's oldest ally. and trouble appeared to be the best of friends at their meeting do you think that this was a genuine connection between the two leaders or is this all just for show. i think it's is all just for show i mean for about a year you know micro and the french media has just hated trump and there's certainly no trying to appear to be like the new body wealth person my crown i think they just had to show that kind of face value to the world after what happened you know in syria so do they have you know interests in common yes probably but i do also think that it was you know mostly any major that was created for the past twenty four hours one of the things that we've been watching carefully is the iran deal micron in the past has been a proponent of the deal that is in place but now he has called for a new iran deal despite earlier insisting that the current deal needs to be respected and so is he backtracki

now just a quick reminder of our breaking news here in r t international donald trump has tweeted saying that russia needs to get ready because nice new and smart missiles will be fired at syria that comes in response to an alleged chemical attack that took place on saturday now our coverage of this breaking news will continue in just a couple minutes stay with us. the slowness of the mood of them so much. good news over the local was before. much of those who heard the food you're going to do so soon we will. we will we're going to. move. move. move children's look beautiful little i mean it's a it's been a look or a good. move just love most of these girls a good few films for good pool. to go to shows a look but look you just seem you belong here to show your story to the you should go. to startups to. get to me to do it with a little of the most they'd say look it is it's. from stuff's not just to mr steve it's the mashed old truck stop to finish it and please control this project until. those we have petitions to post this for to snap them up when you look at those the girls are wit

script pals in england last month. pm saturday night here in moscow i'm kevin zero in this is r t international warm welcome to one story then dominating the overnight events in syria and the ramifications from it american british and french forces pounded syria last night with missiles and air strikes the attack took place in the early hours of saturday morning and came in response to allegations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians claims which the u.n. watchdog is still yet to investigate. in security council to say currently holding an emergency meeting still on the joint attack against the syrian government russia's drafting a resolution condemning those strikes let's get the latest on how that went what's been said samir cannes across a summer tennis is the situation at that debate then today played out for us well the russian ambassador was the first to speak at this meeting that was called upon by russia now she slammed the u.s. for a by leading international law and using the security council to further its own interests and he also said that western count

you're back with r t international mystery international is demanding that the ukraine government investigate an attack on a roma gypsy camp in the capital kiev. last week a nationalist group destroyed the camp children were reportedly injured in the incidents people fled while their tents and other belongings were burnt the attackers also used tear gas and reportedly guns. currently no one can be sure that they want become the next week to swarm up radicals the shoot themselves with and caring for the public but actually they're terrorizing ordinary people. police in kiev say there were no reports of violence and that the fires were simply part of a cleanup operation a political commentator we spoke to thinks that nationalists in ukraine have the government's support i suppose that the on the local level some policemen of the world trying to prevent open violence but whether the government and the parliament officially praise and glory five knots is how can expect anything else and i sat actually it's not they first came to jews is the very first said by and that they came to obviously when

other heard anything from kevin oh it's just a nine pm here in moscow you're watching r t international the stars are breaking news are very scant details coming through but we do a live pictures crew from canada it's a wrong so it seems where police are reporting in the last few minutes the ten people have been injured after a truck drove into a crowd the vehicle then apparently drove off from the same but the motive at this time very early days they're still being very much investigate of course when this kind of thing happens gives rise to maybe some kind of terrorism whatever but nothing at the moment to say that it's happened we have seen this kind of incident before often it's just maybe a car or a vehicle out of control but sometimes there are more sinister motives behind it as well so we'll keep an eye on those pictures over the next. so as to say several several reported injured there's not too much to see in the helicopter shots the moment we're from toronto in canada there seems there's been some kind of accident with a truck it's a crowd of people pedestrians and then it's g

or more come to the program for me and all of the crew here at r t international thanks for joining us this hour. a war of words has broken out over the war in syria that's after three reza resolutions over the latest alleged chemical attack in the country were shot down in the u. and security council. clearly explains only what this alleged chemical attack was necessary for the massacres especially for almost all militants were. today they vetoed for the sixth time a resolution condemning assad for chemical weapons attacks on his own people you have already a point to guilt in such cases bush in the wrong. way we are not able to support the text it would be like watching a fire and identifying that there's a fire and doing nothing to put it out fortunately american partners and colleagues the real investigation. for more on the latest and syria i'm joined live in the studio by artist so a lot has been happening over the past week can you break it down for us and tell us what's behind those fiery exchanges that we were just listening to all jacki mostly emotions really so you know both

the top headlines for this hour on r t international eyewitnesses on medical stop in the syrian city of duma claim to od t. there was no chemical attack with doubts now even being raised in the western media . members of the european parliament voiced their anger at the french president over the action taken against damascus while the u.k. government faces a backlash from m.p.'s over its role in the strikes. members of this house seem top let's say in foreign policy in this country the president trying. it with sort of the producers over documentary called in the execution of shadow to claim the us death penalty has racial undertones.

are you watching r t international and we've just been watching a pentagon briefing with secretary of defense james mattis and general dunford in that they said that the united states has authorization to attack syria under article two of the constitution to protect national interests saying that there are vital national interests in syria also saying that they had targeted the chemical weapons infrastructure and that it also demonstrates international resolve to prevent the proliferation of chemical weapons they also said general james jones said that the strikes sought to minimize the risk of russian and civilian casualties and the targets were carefully selected they said that this was a one time shot against the syrian president but they were prepared to have further attacks if more chemical weapons were to be used right now i'm joined by jacqueline who is going to be joining us on our continuing coverage of this here on our international right now let's go to jennifer breeden who is an international law attorney jennifer thanks for being with us and thanks for being patient as we

are broadcasting live in moscow this is r t international john thomas certainly glad to have you withs a mission from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w has visited the syrian town of duma to investigate an alleged chemical attack now the team will send samples to a laboratory in the netherlands and their findings will be compiled in a report. is planning another possible trip to duma but the russian foreign ministry has expressed concerns that the number of sites visited by the team and the interviews conducted with eyewitnesses may have been insufficient of a chemical incident in domo supposedly happened on april the seventh and will lead to missile strikes by the u.s. the u.k. and france the u.n. special envoy for syria has said peace efforts have to be relaunched following the u.s. led salt. we never expected this to be. in very very potential danger of. peace and security is this what happened last week it's not helped us time now for cheap in geneva two by the three countries the u.s. the u.k. and france have not only imagine we can recall facilities in syria but

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that i see this thursday mornings call embrace r t international live from moscow we can stop some breakingws this hour the daughter of a former russian double agent has given her first official statement after the poison attack on her father last month in the southern english city of salzburg he is making a quick recovery now it seems but does describe the episode as disorientating let's get more now from london our correspondent and us to see if i can is there. what else has been said in union statement to british police. well calling this was certainly a high. highly anticipated statement given that it's now been a whole month of the saga in raveling soon for paul and his thirty three year old daughter yulia were taken to hospital following this incident in salisbury where they were said to have been poisoned and now in this first official release of any information from hi there one of them indeed you could qualify was released a statement where she has said that she has now been in good health for a week she's thanks to people who came to the aid of her and her father when they were as

just as art international coming to you live from r t h q in moscow with me thanks for joining us this hour. our top story this hour tear gas has been deployed along the gaza border with israel trying to disperse protesters israeli officials confirmed that around three thousand palestinians are involved in the demonstrations that's amid an anti israel march by families of imprisoned palestinians there are reports that at least two demonstrators have been killed at this point my colleague andrew former spoke to local journalist harvey who's at the scene and was hit by the tear gas. so i'm two hundred meters away from the fence that separates between gaza strip and is ran we can see that israeli snipers stationed along the borders there are heavy weapons they have been firing tear gas canisters live ammunition on the protesters and demonstrators and they're trying to disperse them they have been also targeting the journalists paramedics and press cars since the morning and it's very dangerous here but you can see at least three thousand palestinian demonstrators prisoners families and a

comment on our to on the story of your choice here with our team international i'm back in half an hour's time with more global news from r t h q in moscow. her. her. her own to get i would add welcome to the alex salmond show and to the second part of a feature on the influence of scots for the united states of america last week we looked at the contribution of the most famous scots american of all and ukrainian basics program gets right up to date with the report from this month's tartan day parade in new york alex also meets with more to discuss including the lovely highly nicholas b. of twenty first century celts and the fabulous alan len from the very famous norwich club both making their mark on the artistic life of the big apple but first to your messages your tweets i get e-mails. first we hear from eleanor who says brilliant interview with gino francisco and he looking forward to the rest well and he was a fabulous interview with a great passion for all things carnegie i certainly learnt so much from him then to hear from arthur who says another fascinating show an interview brasil here's a photo of my childhood li

r t is again being targeted. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have victrola which he is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dmitri bob h. he's a political analyst with sputnik international right gentlemen as always crosstalk roles in effect that means he can jump in here in time any time you want and i always appreciate mark let me go to you first here we have president donald trump saying that it's essentially time for the united states to get out of syria kind of hearkening back to the old campaign days but apparently as i said in my introduction not everybody got that memo in the administration what's going on here will be coming out of syria like very soon. let the other people take care of it now we.