r.t. america's ashley banks has more. after three months of no contact nasa found it's a missing rover the agency is now pursuing techniques to wake it up and early june a massive planet covering dust storm cut off the rovers access to solar power for months nasa engineers have been trying. located and make contact with opportunity just a few days ago nasa is orbiter spotted the rover using its high rise camera nasa says the high rise image shows some reddening of the surrounding area so justin does fall out but it is not possible to determine how much dust is on the arrays themselves at this time the rover is sitting in an area called perseverance valley where opportunity is expected to figure out whether water wind or a mix of debris is responsible for the valleys you rouge and opportunity first arrived on mars in two thousand and four and has been driving across the planet for more than thirteen years that's many years past its expected mission length which was set at just three months since opportunity has been on mar

r.t. america and sputnik have been forced to register under the act. china and of us are also in the midst of a tit for tat trade war as well the u.s. will impose a ten percent tax on chinese goods worth around two hundred billion dollars next week almost all chinese exports to the u.s. will be affected and beijing is retaliating with tariffs on sixty billion dollars worth of american imports a mixed economy wow economics professor and lee it was difficult to seize washington's move as a political gambit ahead of the mid-term elections often those other opinions said don't get heard on the left and right american media. can be heard on foreign media and by shutting out foreign media potentially limit the ability for americans to have the full spectrum of opinions trump and the republicans basically worry about losing their base and. the momentum they have and so here they want to clearly show that they are doing everything they can to fight a perceived enemy which is china at the moment. so this would be another easy thing to point to as something conc

r.t. america's natasha sweet has the story. eighty one year old bill cosby who used to be known as america's dad could either go to prison or be sent home on probation it all stems from crosbie being found guilty of drugging and molesting a woman at his philadelphia home back in two thousand and four now consummates legal team are pointing to his health conditions which includes being legally blind as to why he should stay out of prison the judge's options are brought here which include everything from house arrest probation jail to prison back in april because we show star was convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against forty five year old andrea konstanz konstanz says drugged and assaulted her after coming to him for career advice cosby reportedly settled konstanz claim back in two thousand and six for three point four million dollars now there are sixty accusations from women have surfaced since the case began none of them have led to criminal charges but some say because we sentencing make a huge stateme

to go to war breaking out about your break we'll continue our discussion on syria state with r.t. . america face for the next actual threat like china becoming a superpower and will get its act together like we did during the cold war after russia put up but next the u.s. plan around the world that's why most of the world and look if we have an existential crisis coming down the path guys like trump and other are going. you know leaders will mobilize the country and i welcome this challenge because right now america doesn't have anybody else out there to play with you know it's. been twenty forty you know bloody revolution to. the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you still were here i mean you know i live with to do with me in the new bill is that i'm the schooling you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty forty. eight in this studio over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other polls that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic.

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r.t. america. as a new school year begins some parents fear that unfasten aged children could spread diseases including measles whooping cough and h.p.v. to their kids eighteen states allow parents not to vaccinate their children on the basis of philosophical beliefs among the more widespread that vaccines can cause autism fact or urban myth let's ask dr sherri tenpenny she is an osteopathic physician an anti vaccination activist who has authored four books among them vaccines the risks the benefits the choices a resource guide for parents she supports the belief that some vaccines can cause autism and dr tenpenny joins us from cleveland welcome. thank you so much talent thank you for having me every year my doctor tells me they get a flu shot and he assures me that it won't give me the flu and it hasn't yet but could it be giving me something else. well the flu shot has three strains of viruses in it in every multi dose flu shot has twenty five micrograms of mercury there's no way of knowing one h

r.t. america joins us hollen thank you for being here with us we sure appreciate it. tell us what's going to hell great is this cool watch that apple's unveiled that a bunch of investors had to bail from fit that and the stock dropped so much well this is going to be a do or die moment for the apple watch because as you have reported results so far have been disappointing enough that they buried the apple watch revenue in a great big number so this apple watch series four is going to be watched very closely apple head honcho temp cook made the point at the beginning of his presentation that the existing apple watch is not only the number one smart watch in the world he says it is the number one watch in the world which sounds impressive at first blush but who is a watch anymore if i have the time on my phone that said what i found clever about this new watch is demographic it seems to be playing to folks our age baby boomers none of us are getting any younger so these health apps are conspicuous the apple watch series four is the first smart watch ever to have f d a a

r.t. america holland and cook who joins us holland welcome back always a pleasure commish now let's get right to one of the key things that is different nielsen the ratings service was just been out there they're up for sale what's going on with that well who needs ratings any more if you look at t.v. or not t.v. that is the question traditionally a.b.c. c.b.s. n.b.c. thrived on advertising revenue but look what's t.v. now it's netflix it's amazon it's h.b.o. these are subscription services that hit your credit card like clockwork they're not selling commercials at all so suddenly the need for ratings is less and we saw some little evidence of that i guess it was last week when they have the enemy awards right well the emmy awards in olden times used to be a.b.c. c.b.s. and n.b.c. taking turns taking home the statue right fact and that's all there was well there's a new sheriff in town because among this year's big winners amazon the marvelous misses my zell best comedy best actress best writing and best directing for a comedy series h.b.o.'s game of thrones want to couple netflix among other

r.t. america correspondent dan cohen thank you. it's been the sounds of silence since june for the mars rover opportunity since the storm blocked the rover from nasa's field but there are high resolution imaging science experiments nag to pick at the last rover and it's actually revealing quite a bit about the red planet and our quest to learn all about it our t. america's actually banks has more. after three months of no contact nasa found it's a missing rover the agency is now pursuing techniques to wake it up and early june a massive planet covering dust storm cut off the rovers access to solar power for months nasa engineers have been trying. to locate and make contact with opportunity just a few days ago nasa orbiter spotted the rover using its high rise camera nasa says the high rise image shows some reddening of the surrounding area so justin does fall out but it is not possible to determine how much dust is on the arrays themselves at this time the rover is sitting in an area called perseverance valley where opportunity is

r.t. international from moscow on world news this hour. america's national security advisor is warning syria of a tougher response if it dares to quote use chemical weapons again britain and france will support the move this comes as the u.s. announces plans to stay in the country as well. as washington's policy on syria. the syrian conflict another drawn out affair with the u.s. only digging itself in deeper but as the newly appointed representative for syria engagement stated there's no hurry so an open ended presence in syria is the new reality despite donald trump's call to get us personnel back home will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it. surprise surprise plans on syria once again aren't panning out as expected let's roll back to the beginning of. the syrian uprising seemed simple washington's main goal regime change the plan according to cables published by wiki leaks would lead to the unraveling of threads all over the region including a possible sectarian war that would likely bog down another major ad

post by easing some of the conditions placed on russian the head of america's agency went to far as to suggest sucking the wada chief r.t. sport correspondent alexy going to shift picks up the story for the last three years russian sport has been firmly sidelined as accusations mounted over state sponsored doping. the media has been in meltdown. the b.b.c. sports editor dan ronan tweeted out what he claimed was a letter from waters compliance review committee saying rosado prolonged suspension was already a done deal let's take a look at the whole picture just hours after rome's report why the published an official statement rubbishing these notions the world anti-doping agency this independent compliance review kmita delivered a recommendation for the raiders decided to run everybody said the single most important thing you do is a supreme court justice again we've all heard that big dance about the president i would say this i think he's an extraordinary man i think he's a man of great intellect is i've been telling you if you just said it would be wonderful if she doesn't show up. that would be a more she will kill h

executive order to counter suppose that foreign interference in america's elections has ever november's crucial midterm votes. hello and welcome to r.t. international. global news updates. the two suspects named by the u.k. in the poisoning of russian double agent and his daughter back in march have given an exclusive interview as a tie in chief let's take a look at part of that interview with margarita simonyan and operate on of it on the program. we are. those are new to me and i've been to live one you called me on my cell phone and told me that you are a slum bullshit of the looks on the patrol do you send it off it was one bullshit of. we it really look like the pictures shown to us by the u.k. doesn't mean that if. and. when the someone who are you. we are those who were shown to you in the pictures. and i would throw at the russians are those your real names national yes the your real names now doesn't it just got them but even now when you are talking about it to tell you the truth you look very nervous on them. what would you look like your when your life is turned upside down in a moment in just one day and changed our live

america's twenty sixteen presidential election. journalistic. ironic clock across the world this is r.t. international from the team and myself you know me a welcome to the program our top story washington has imposed sanctions on the chinese military for buying russian fighter jets and surface to air missiles that is while some u.s. allies have also been considering the same purchases picks up the story will continue to vigorously implement countering america's adversaries through sanctions act and urge all countries to curtail relationships with russians defense and intelligence sectors both of which alington the line into. this world want china slapped with sanctions in response to their purchase of s. thirty five su thirty five fighter jets as well as an ass four hundred missile system now heather nauert the spokesperson for the u.s. state department says this is about deterring countries around the world from doing business with russia's defense industry and china is not the only country in the world to have purchased the s. four hundred missile system from russia it's important to

posts by easing some of the conditions placed on russia the head of america's agency went as far as to suggest sucking at the waba chief r.t. sport correspondent alexy ownership ski picks up the story. for the last three years russian sport has been firmly sidelined as accusations mounted over state sponsored doping. the media has been and meltdown the b.b.c. sports editor dan ronan tweeted out what he claimed was a letter from waters compliance review committee saying reciters prolonged suspension was already a done deal let's take a look at the whole picture just hours after ron's report what a published and official statement rubbishing these notions the world anti-doping agency this independent compliance review committee to deliberate a recommendation for the rains to eat meant of the russian antidoping agency water also admitted it does not reveal information like that too often but it did so this time to put any speculation to bed it also openly said that the thirty one conditions it had put forward to restart it two years ago for reinstatement have been met conditions which included allowing u.k. anti-doping expert

america's most divisive nominees ever. get afternoon kevin owen in the hot seat here at r.t. international this three pm moscow time could have long so the fate of russian sports and he drugs body is going to be decided later on thursday by all accounts the world anti-doping agency is juda vote on whether or not to lift a suspension over a scandal in twenty fifty meetings just about the when shortly so we could get some new shortly the international olympic committee athletes commission has backed russia's admission what is president is also for the move but there are rifts as well quite deep rifts within the anti doping governing body will show some upcoming appear the organizations vice president and anti doping agencies from various countries. against it they accuse wilder of moving the goal post by easing some of the conditions placed on russia for the head of america's agency went as far as to suggest the sacking of the water chief our sports correspondent jeff ski picks up the story. for the last three years russian sport has been firmly sidelined as accusations mounted

america. around the news for now i'll be back at the top of the hour with more but first here on r.t. international it's crosstalk. with more make this manufactured sense of certainty of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the frame of. the certainly the one percent. we can all middle of the room. her. mother who used to leak.

r.t. paris. now with just over forty days until the us votes in midterm elections politics it seems is dividing not just america but whole families to fact so much so the siblings of one republican nominee called paul have gone on camera to publicly denounce him in favor of a democrat rival so who exactly is going to win this time republicans democrats or family values. calls dab simply not working for his district if they care about shops they would hold him to account all those stars my brother my brother and i endorse dr brill dark a barrel full ford and door stock to david for commerce. to. reach my home in wyoming. the siblings if i called mom and said that she was committed. to the six angry democrat girl says see your mom and dad's house. to. my name is james brace i've been a cop for twenty three years when people refer to police officers terrorists that had several polls of all people want to be represented by some official attempts of those more that's one of the many reasons why i voted for bryan style for congress . i see i know that you're wearing your trump socks and i mean you know what you think

military hardware it's one or more of america's allies are considering similar purchases from moscow to let's get the details on what reaction this has been from r.t. is it goes down of a there what exactly is beijing said because most responses are normally pretty muted early well indeed kevin but to analyze what beating has said we have to see we have to look at what washington's doing and essentially it's playing a double game it is targeting russia mostly with its new round of sanctions but also launching a blow that is well which intention is to damage beijing everything revolves around the russia's weapons russia's heavy weapons like the su thirty five fighter jet on the earth's four hundred surface to air missile defense system and so china bought some of those units and now it is also coming under fire for that and while beijing let me tell you was not impressed when it found out that it is being dictated some new rules on this arena of arms trade other than fair competition have a listen we strongly call on the u.s. to remedy the mystique and cancel the sanctions otherwise the u.s. has to bear the consequences so some strong words coming

americas now and it seems. the two men named by the u.k. as suspects in the script poisoning case tonight any involvement in the incident they've been speaking exclusively to r.t. if you really look like the pictures shown to us by the u.k. while. we are those who were shown to you in the pictures. and i was under pressure from all those you real names you know the real names the british prime minister's office has responded to the interview calling it lies and fabrications while russia's also wanted to clarify its harsh reaction made only minutes after the interview aired. and still no trump signs an executive order to counter supposedly foreign interference in america's elections ahead of november's crucial midterm votes. live from the russian capital where it's just ten two am you're watching international. the two suspects named by the u.k. in the poisoning of russian double agents aka script hall and his daughter back in march have given an exclusive interview to aussies as to in chief let's take a look at parts of that interview with margarita simonyan and the breakdown of it on the program. we. it was a new to me and i've been to live one you called me

americas now and he says. i'm. not. going to a man named by the u.k.'s suspects in the script poisoning case tonight any involvement in the incident they've been speaking exclusively to r.t. if you really look like the pictures shown to us by the u.k. while. we are those who were shown to you in the pictures. and i was under pepper of us are those your real names yes they are our real names the british prime minister's office has responded to the interview calling.