r.t. international right there from the heart of the kremlin. we are joined here in the studio by peter close. international analyst and certainly in an impressive and impressive scene we're watching here as we show this at live inauguration for the fourth of the russian president the some might say it's a bit too beautiful inside the kremlin with what looks like gold adorned all over the place but certainly impressive pitches yeah very very impressive. and putin is in many ways a very impressive man and the fact that this is his fourth term shows what the russian people think of him i think back to when he took office back in one thousand nine hundred ninety thousand and what kind of shape russia was in then compared to what kind of shape russia is in now and i can understand why putin is in for a fourth term the united states we've only had one president who served four terms and that was franklin delano roosevelt who might be the greatest american president certainly grace american president of the twentieth century and there was some controve

r.t. international today. well we're going to continue checking in live throughout the day for the second day of the forum hearing from delegates and getting all the latest updates from our news team in some petersburg so do stay tuned for that. still to come on r.t. international a british police force accuses the b.b.c. of breaking its own guidelines after the broadcaster as a documentary about last year's manchester terror attack we've got that story and more coming up after the break stay with us. world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous is a huge tournaments and a huge amount of pressure you have to be the center of the teacher probably would you. agree. you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down there let's go. alone and doesn't want to and i'm really happy to join that for the two thousand and three and world cup in russia.

r.t. international with your latest news headlines are only carin now our top story this hour north korea says it won't beg for dialogue with america if washington doesn't want to sit at the negotiating table this was drawn young's reaction to yet another comparison to libya coming from the u.s. vice president who pyongyang referred to as quote a political dummy mike pence threatens north korea with the same fate as libya if it didn't make a deal with the u.s. . this will only end like the libyan model ended if kim jong un doesn't make a deal some people saw that as a threat well i think it's more of a fact we could surmise more than enough what a political dummy he is as he's trying to compare the d.p. r. k. a nuclear weapon state to libya that had simply installed a few items of equipment and fiddled around with them r.t. is done on course or takes a closer look at who might be interested in jeopardizing a diplomatic breakthrough. if trump's much anticipated meeting with kim jong un actually goes ahead in the next few weeks it'll be a diplomatic breakthrough of historic proportions but

r.t. international. now this week the u.s. officially moved its embassy in israel to jerusalem sparking new tensions in the region as palestinians also claim the city as their own it sparks protest service since which have become the deadliest in yours. a. little. bit of that with all their beliefs and they headed for a trip to israel the palestinians and all of their neighbors may there be any. peace. talks all. the opening of the embassy went ahead he shed yule despite the ongoing protests including outside the gates of the new compound all correspondent witness to say. angry crowd has gathered there protesting against him to see meet the needs radio police are trying to keep the crowd at bay why you have. i'm here to pose the decision by the u.s. administration to relocate there have a seat in the heart of the contested city in the heart of the city for thirty five to forty percent of its residents are living under occupation most are not citizens of any state in the night of basic rights i'm here with a group called all th

r.t. international typically the whole career debate is between north korea south korea the united states of course china but now we see russia is getting directly involved sort of a laugh it off there now visiting north korea why is the russian foreign minister there. you know i mean i think that this is all part and parcel of the path for the historic summit between the united states and south excuse me and north korea you know we've seen can john lennon's well going to china to basically could see that north korea is reaching out to you it's a dork ally in the lead up to the summit now setting a level of said that the north should consider quote recent history when it comes to negotiations with the americans what does he mean by that do you think. you know i think it's interesting as he could mean a number of things but most recently you've heard members of trumped war cabinet you know namely john bolton as well as mike henke mentioning. libya as a model of denuclearization for north korea and north korea understand completely that when the united states is starting the rhetoric about

r.t. international broadcasting from our h.q. in moscow every hour of the day more great programs right ahead. of the politics in washington not been driven by the fossil fuel energy lobbyist they could have gone into renewables ten twenty years earlier and those jobs would be in place generating good paying jobs in america would be part of a growing world beating industry because they kowtow to those lobbyist they got stuck in the coal business which it up liberated by the gas business which is a trillion dodgy and turn a lot of reasons and now it's going to be obliterated by the chinese led revolution in song. with no let me just manufacture them sentenced to public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the flame and merry go round lives and be the one percent. of the time we can all middle of the room signals. to leave room for the real news room. 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 who's going to be

r.t. international our top story it has been confirmed that the man who. carried out this stabbings in parra son subtle evening was known to security forces forensic stream this news he was shot dead after he killed a passer by in the city's opera district four others were also injured in the assault two of them seriously authorities are investigating the incident as a terror attack this photo was taken from a nearby balcony it shows the immediate aftermath of the deadly incident. only attack took place in a popular tourist area where there are lots of bars restaurants activity going on r.t. from spoke to the owner of one restaurant located right in front of where the attacker was shot dead he was standing in the street looking what was happening and the attacker came down this road here with his hands covered in blood holding a knife. we had three policeman on foot here and he went towards them. they tried to taser him twice didn't work. either managed to isolate one of them and. move down the street attacking trying to attack him and there were two shots

r.t. international. russia is celebrating victory day marking the defeat of nazi germany this day marks the seventy third anniversary of the end of the great patriotic war which claimed the lives of over twenty six million soviet people. almost abrasions are being held across russia the parade in moscow's red square has just wrapped up and our team was in the heart of the action daniel hoare kinzer is just outside of the kremlin and he's joined by were received say who witnessed the action in red square guys it's been great having your play by play throughout the morning take us through the action. well it's certainly been an action packed day here near red square nicky may have had the noisiest season now certainly with the columns of armored vehicles driving past laurie though himself pops up to one of the best seats on red square he joins me now to give us some a taste of what it was like right in the thick of the action will read you were on but square the next book from the next i'm also leaving a u

r.t. international that many more of your wealth stories still to come at the top of the hour. seventy four design submissions. seven thousand pilings. to join judges. and eight hundred sixty days of work. a russian w b b f it. and a russian stuff. show you how. the crimean bridge was built. witnessed the construction of a unique transport. that will help out of crimea. most of those you know while google more familiar with it a bit but. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the wall the politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. apply to many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guides. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch put the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the shaper money just kill you narrowness and spending two hundred twenty million and one player. it's an experience like nothing else on here because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game played great so well more chimes for. the base this minute. the united states has alway

r.t. international top stories for you right now. shooting incidents rocked u.s. high schools on friday one in the morning in texas and another just hours ago in georgia in the latest incident one person was killed and two others injured after an argument broke out at a school parking lot we understand crowds were leaving a graduation ceremony at the time. u.s. high school left ten people dead and ten injured inclusion of a graduation ceremony. i see him every day and i saw him with a short. trench. had a. good shot at our home and soon as the alarms went off everybody just started running outside and next thing you know everybody in that you hear. just ran. to the nearest or if somebody can i let go of my own. we all took off in the back and i grabbed turned around of trees you know i want to be inside and then i heard four more shots and then we jumped the fence and some dude's house and then we ran to the car wash. shooter has the information contained in journals of his computer and cell phone did he said that not only did he want to commit the shooting but he

r.t. international. across europe municipalities are taking their water supply back from private companies to meet the people themselves with simple song alone even some company elsewhere though they invite private companies to take over the utilities many by the telescope was allowed to miss you guys to go on the back of my because. this is . just because. the more you remember the lift hill brought up locals are ready to stand up for the basic human right of access to water it's about water but it's also over much more than water it's about the hurt and the redistribution of. birds and their debt downwards we want our. time afshin rattansi we're going underground is today jerusalemite the hosts a violation of international law or a kickstart to a real middle east peace process after a u.s. embassy moves from tel aviv to the capital of palestine coming up on the show gaza's former health minister dr basename calls this summer jewel breaking of the b.d.s. boycott by prince william shameful ahead of tomor

r.t. international. so the pentagon has not confirmed the attack as of yet and we were just discussing that with our correspondent here in the studio what does that suggest to you. i don't think it suggests much right now of course we don't know if the united states in fact did this they have done it in the past they are i give the eastern and northeastern part of syria east of the euphrates they are trying to create the area that was formerly under the control of isis is a defacto american sphere of influence so it could well be u.s. warplanes this struck syrian arab army targets or other military or organizational units associated with hezbollah or others it's also possible that it was israeli warplanes it's not really possible to know but let's let's also remember that the united states and the israeli military the israeli defense forces are coordinating closely of course the israeli military is the largest recipient of u.s. military a more than any other god government or any other military in the wo

r.t. international but many more of your headlines and world stories at the top of the next hour. when the whole make this manufacturer can be sentenced into the public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the final merry go round if certainly the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. i mean the real need. for a world cup twenty eighteen coverage and we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you on the us is a huge thirty months and the huge amount of pressure you have to go i mean eight percent of the shuttle we're with you and you go the great the great get your. or the rock at the back nobody gets past you we needed to get down going let's go. a low as doesn't work and i'm really happy to join the team for the two thousand and three and world cup in russia meet the special one come on both appreciate. the radio. latest edition to make up a bigger. look the. president keeps a campaign promise and polls out of the iran nuclear deal now what we'll get

r.t. international thank you for. the syrian president has for the first time responded publicly to the nickname given to him by donald trump this happened during an exclusive interview he gave to our. here's a quick preview. if anything the syrian civil war is growing hotter on the ground by child assad is winning the rebels and islamists are in retreat unlike their backers forces from five nuclear powers are now directly engaged in military action in syria each determined to win with salvage what they can on the ground which makes the perfect ground for an escalation and escalation that no one wants but one that nobody would be able to control in the exclusive interview with r.t. syrian president bashar al assad has shared his thoughts on the coming future on the precarious dangerous and fragile months ahead and on the endgame of this devastating war with regards to the united states relation to would you president trump has called you quote animal asset you have a nickname for the u.s. president. this is not my lan

r.t. international. chose seemed wrong. but old rules just don't call. me. yet to shape out this day comes to educate and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. when lawmakers manufacture come sentenced to the public wells. when the ruling closest to protect themselves. with the flame and merry go round the sun neither will impose a job. doing old middle of the room signals. the real news is really the way. the united states since we've had a. news and it's a tax on other country's. economic sanctions are are often just the beginning another thing you like to do is place some military pressure on the countries a true talking about. and there has to be an effort to demonize that country and the leader of that country. have a responsibility for the hate. and the will to make rules for the rest of. us without us there will be change. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm partial to coming up today the c.e.o. of denise's money thomas hoffman joins us. london's

r.t. international law much more of the weekly in about half an hour. when lawmakers manufactured them sentenced to public wealth. when the right wing closest to protect themselves. with the financial merry go round lives and be the one percent told. to ignore middle of the room sick. i mean real news in the real world. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on off and spearing dramatic developments only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. welcome to worlds apart the united states and the philippines have a curious history together once a colony down a staunch military ally when you least now are trying to take steps to redefine and rebalance its relationship with washington and by extension some of its friends and foes how is it going so far well to discuss that i'm now joined by alan peter secretary of foreign affairs of the philippines secretary it's a great pleasure great honor i'm welcomi

r.t. international with us. those who know the middle east understand that the decision to bring tens of thousands of palestinian marchers to our border is the work of hamas the question is does a country like israel have a right to protect its border internationally recognized border if you say no it doesn't you you will be exposed. joining me everything on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see if. we're going underground is the man who until recently oversaw us espionage in china mike pompei oh now secretary of state we took chinese foreign minister when he had to avert a multi-trillion dollar global trade war coming out of the show against all the odds that a propaganda in britain nicolo my daughter wins again in venezuela a nation with the world's largest known reserves of oil and gas what now and was it fair we speak to an election monitor joseph carol on the board of the u.k. center for investigative journalism and an associate of wiki le

r.t. international the u.s. is mounting pressure on venezuela where a presidential election is looming some are calling it election meddling or blatant interference as washington is sanctioning three venezuelans on twenty companies the us vice president mike pence called for other nations to increase pressure on venezuela he also slammed the country's upcoming election as a fraud. the so-called elections in venezuela scheduled for may twentieth. ok nothing more than fraud and there will be no real election that is weighing on me twice and the world knows it will be very much we think the us has been calling on venezuela to delay its presidential elections since february saying there's no guarantee of a free fair and internationally validated result washington is also accused of causing food shortages and sparking a flood of migrants in a neighboring countries well william robinson a professor of latin american studies says the new sanctions are a blatant form of election meddling intended to bring about one thin

r.t. international with me nicky aron our top story this hour described as both a pais moment and a new crusade the u.s. will open its embassy in jerusalem later on monday and in moves that has ignited tensions in the middle east for months. these you read this is deducible because it's still weird thing to do we need you in this is to do this because it then says this was. the area where the. the. thank god. the. god of the. middle east correspondent paula slater reports on what we can expect in jerusalem today well after a lot of speculation the american president donald trump is not going to attend the embassy opening instead he has seen his guilty and her husband have a cushion or both of whom are senior white house advisers also in town for the opening of the u.s. treasury secretary and a number of congress members they attended ever section that was hosted last night sunday by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he also invited all eighty six diplomatic missions in the country to celebrate this move but only thirty three confirmed attendance amongst them were guatemala and power

r.t. international with me the key airing our top story this hour described as both an appeasement and a new crusade the u.s. will open its new embassy in jerusalem this monday then move from tel aviv has divided the middle east but the israeli prime minister is urging more countries to follow america's example saying it will help establish peace i call on all countries to join the u.s. losing their embassies to jerusalem.

r.t. international where she is gone five pm here in the russian capital. now it's at least five star movement confirmed to r.t. it is preparing a draft resolution alongside its euro skeptic ally the league party to form a coalition government quitting the euro and lifting sanctions against russia appear to be among the major issues of the proposed draft after the documentaries recently leaked to the media. minsky takes a closer look at the development many people see these two parties who are from the left and the right side of the political spectrum as being quite radical parties their anti establishment there and c e u and already that leaked document and its details have caused some jitters on the stock market with many investors selling off their italian assets when those leaks were put online so what's in the document what's causing this fixation they want to leave the single currency that would mean quitting the euro they also want the european central bank to write off some of italy's debt with two hundred and fifty billion euros they also talk about

r.t. international. israel's prime minister who is known well for his use of props during big speeches has gone all out to prove once and for all that iran lied about its nuclear ambitions he wheeled out thousands of documents and c.d.'s of evidence as part of a grand powerpoint presentation binyamin netanyahu was bid to persuade the world comes with just twelve days to go in told donald trump said that he would scrap the iran nuclear deal tonight i'm here to tell you one thing iran lart the evidence well that lies in this filing cabinet allegedly thousands of documents and c.d.'s half a ton to be precise proven conclusively to iran misled the world about its nuclear plans both before and after the twenty fifteen agreement we've known for years that iran had a secret nuclear weapons program called project them out hailing this as a significant development and a great intelligence achievement then your who was sure iran has one reason and one reason only to hide this information why would a terrorist regi

r.t. international we have your top news headlines for this hour. u.s. president donald trump's controversial pick for cia director has been grilled at a senate confirmation hearing about her alleged involvement in the torturing of political prisoners as the session was interrupted by protesters denouncing the nominee. well. you. know that was. was was. was. was. was going to was. going to take. a second person video right there who was wrestled to the ground by security and then escorted out is a seventy nine year old cia veteran ray mcguffin he served at the agency for twenty seven years but then became a political activist protesting the use of torture programs and mcgovern is a staunch critic of geno hospital and we contacted his lawyer who told us the activist spent the night in jail. now the cia's and honked interrogation program was the main focus of an agency had no money do you know hospitals senate grilling that she's been accused of being directly involved in torture practices in the past and the hospital promised that under her leadership the

r.t. international. the e.u. has announced it's set to use its own economic weapon to block the u.s. from sanctioning european firms doing business with iran the u.s. has threatened to sanction any european company that deals with tehran you commission president john klobuchar said the brussels could for the first ever time impose the so-called blocking statute banning any e.u. firm from complying with foreign sanctions. put of work as the european commission we have the duty to protect european companies so we now need to act and this is why we're launching the process of activating the blocking statute from one thousand nine hundred six we will do that tomorrow morning at ten thirty start off with just what is the blocking statute well it's the strongest weapon in the e.u.'s legislative arsenal when it comes to tackling sanctions placed upon businesses and entities from the european union the law itself goes back to one thousand nine hundred six it's never been acted but the closest it ever came into operation was back in ninety six when the u.s. was considering placing sanctions o

r.t. international a very warm welcome to the. u.s. president donald trump's controversial pick for cia director has been grilled at a senate confirmation hearing of a pledge to involvement in the torturing of political prisoners the session though was interrupted by protesters denouncing the nominee. that was. was. was. was. was going to. write. a second person in the video right there who was wrestled to the ground by security and then escorted out is seventy nine year old cia veteran wright mcgovern he served at the agency for twenty seven years but then became a political activist protesting the use of torture programs mcgovern is a staunch critic of juno hospital we contacted his lawyer who told us the activist spent the night in prison now the cia's and honked interrogation program was the main focus of agency head nominee hospital senate grilling as she's been accused of being directly involved and told her practices in the past on the house bill promised the leadership the agency wouldn't restart the controversial program certa

r.t. international. the e.u. has announced it's set to use its own economic weapon to block the u.s. from sanctioning european firms doing business with iran the u.s. has threatened to sanction any european company that deals with tehran e.u. commission president jiang claude younker said that brussels could for the first ever time impose the so-called blocking statute banning any e.u. firm from complying with foreign sanctions. or put of work as the european commission we have the duty to protect european companies so we now need to act and this is why we're launching the process of activating the blocking statute from one thousand nine hundred six we will do that tomorrow morning at ten thirty start off with just what is the blocking statute well it's the strongest weapon in the legislative arsenal when it comes to tackling sanctions placed upon businesses and entities from the european union the law itself goes back to one thousand nine hundred six it's never been acted but the closest it ever came into operation was back in ninety six when the u.s. was considering placing sanctio

r.t. international we are back soon with. discipline to know that armenia is not ukraine or georgia and that our experience is unique to certain extent we're building on the success and the fielder's of past efforts to address the issues that you're talking about so in many ways we have a leg up on anything that's been tried in the past this is not as a democrat a grassroots effort by the armenian people for the armenian people. the new global economic war is unfolding in the realm of education the right to education being supplanted by the right to access education low it's high education is becoming just another product that can be bolton sold but it's not just about education anymore it's also about running a business and what you're good models at bruges look good these souls the kind of fellow they couldn't. want is the place of students in this business model before college i was born now in an extremely more high education the new global economic war. welcome to the alex simon show from washington d.c. politics in this

r.t. international with me making arrant our top story this hour described as both appeasement and a new crusade the u.s. will open its embassy in jerusalem later on monday in a move that has ignited tensions in the middle east for months these you run this is deducible because it still. leaves you in this is to jerusalem because it is. very very rare to look. thank you this was. a low oh oh oh oh middle east correspondent paula slay reports on what we can expect in jerusalem today. well after a lot of speculation the american president donald trump is not going to attend the embassy opening instead he has seen his daughter and her husband they attended ever simpson that was hosted last night sunday by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he also invited all eighty six diplomatic missions in the country to celebrate this move but only thirty three confirmed attendance amongst them will guatemala and pug why both of whom on schedule to their own embassies to jerusalem later this month now also in attendance were representatives from hungary romania as well as the czech republic but inter

r.t. international with me good to have you with us this hour now our top story former cia director mike pompei of has officially been made washington's top diplomat for foreign policy after he was sworn in as the new secretary of state he's been given a stronger endorsement by donald trump which is in stark contrast to his predecessor rex tillerson who was often at odds with the president. i must say that's more spirit than i've heard from the state department in a long time many years we can say many years maybe many decades it's going to be a fantastic start a fantastic day and that spirit will only be magnified only with this man right here i know that for a fact. now it's official praises a true american hero might come pale has been sworn in as the nation's chief diplomat and he's vowing to make state department great again i talked about getting back our swagger and i'll fill in what i mean by that but it's important the united states diplomatic corps needs to be in every corner every stretch of the world executing missions on behalf of this country and pump a speech was well received by

r.t. international we begin with breaking news this hour for russian military personnel have been killed in fierce clashes with terrorists in the war province in syria that comes from russia's defense ministry. joins us live from our teeth in the details juggling what are we learning about this well a syrian syrian unit in the area backed by russian servicemen was attacked for roughly an hour that's according to the statement we have from the russian defense ministry and while it has not yet been clarified who is behind the attack we do know that small pockets i saw are still left in that area the ministry stated that four russian servicemen as you mention did die in the attack two at the scene and five more were taken to the hospital where two more succumb to their injuries and that makes this one of the deadliest attacks involving russian servicemen in the country the ministry also stated that those who perished will be. receiving commendations for their service and their sacrifice the russian military is of course currently present in the area an advisory capacity in the fight against te

r.t. international live from r.t. h.q. it's just eight o'clock in the evening now it's monday evening ok so to our top story one story really dominating here tonight the official opening of the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem has been marred as was expected has to be said by deadly violence as israeli gunfire killed dozens of palestinians protesting on the move on the gaza border the now the united nations has condemned what's happened today it's becoming the deadliest day in the conflict since twenty fourteen protests and clashes broke out in several locations over all this we can see it over my shoulder here garza's health ministry now says fifty two people have been killed including at least eight youngsters more than two thousand other people reportedly injured and the numbers continuing to rise tonight major demonstrations have been held across the palestinian territories. so what happened right now is we heard a huge huge explosion and. that the israeli air strikes were playing outside as writes up on our place very ne

r.t. international a highly symbolic step was taken by north korea as it destroyed its nuclear test site in front of the world's cameras on thursday artie's correspondent it. was among the journalists invited to witness the facility being decommission. we're in debating international airport and as you can see behind me we're being greeted like celebrities here builds to go to north korea thing is we aren't even exactly sure as to where exactly we're headed. so you will counsel and that is what's the first thing you expect to see it's a bustling crowd people pushing and shoving it's the taxi drivers offering belsen overpriced services well check this out nothing of the sort here it's just an empty parking lot and three buses that will take us to the city. this is where i will be spending the next eleven hours or so my very own oriental express i guess so check out the room the first thing to notice about it is the windows the blinds are shot there is some sort of a seal and we're not allowed to you can peek from them never mind filming we think it's an air conditioner some beverages but rea

r.t. international this wednesday the ninth of may where is just coming up to seven pm. russia is celebrating victory day marking the defeat of nazi germany it is the seventy third anniversary of the end of the great patriotic war as it's known here in russia the mood is both somber and festive and in minutes side russia is about to take place to remember the millions who lost their lives.

r.t. international. this week the u.s. officially moved its embassy in israel to jerusalem and sparks new tensions in the region a spell listing also claimed the city is their own it's sparked protest of a sense which have become the deadliest. there's more. to this group. but load it up with the bill that we extend a hand in friendship to israel the palestinians and to all of their neighbors may there be peace we pray for the peace of jurors. after all. of the embassy went ahead is shed jewel despite the ongoing protests including outside the gates of the new compound correspondent witnessed the scene. bangui collins has gathered there protesting against him to see meet the needs radio police are trying to keep the crowd at bay why you have. i'm here to pose a decision by the u.s. administration to relocate their embassy in the heart of the contested city in the heart of the city for thirty five to forty percent of its residents living under occupation most of them are not citizens of any state in the night of basic right

r.t. international. ten people have been killed and ten others injured in a shooting at a high school in the u.s. state of texas police have also found explosive devices in the area the shooter has been identified as the seventeen year old student demetrius he stormed the school with a shotgun and revolver apparently taken from his father he's now being held on capital murder charges the governor of texas said that information on the suspect's computer suggested that the crime had been planned in advance. shooter has information contained in journals on his computer and cell phone that he said that not only did he want to commit the shooting but he wanted to commit suicide after the shooting of the weapons used in this attack. there are two weapons one was a shotgun and the other is a thirty eight revolver. and neither these weapons were own or legally possessed by the shooter. information that both of these weapons were obtained by the shooter from his father. in a more has more now on how the tragedy u

r.t. international with me mickey airing our top story this hour position is mounting against washington's new proposal. well the a role in the nuclear deal as the us through actions to run with what it's called the worst sanctions as a on monday the us secretary of state like pompei or put forward twelve to malls promising unprecedented financial pressure if they're not met. iran must declare a full account of the prior military dimensions of its nuclear program around but stop enrichment but then support a middle east terrorist group around must also end its military support for the food the militia iran must and its threatening behavior against its neighbors we will apply pressure to financial pressure on the iranian regime leaders in tehran will have no doubt about our series the united states intends to work hard at diplomatic peace working alongside all of our partners we focus on the europeans. secretary speech has not demonstrated how walking away from the disappeared has made a will make the region safer there are scores of countries around the world who share our concerns we will

r.t. international the program returns at the top of the hour. seventy four design submissions. seven thousand islands. to join judges. eight hundred sixty nonstop days of work. a russian w.b. . and a russian stuff. show you how. the crimean bridge was built. witnessed the construction of when you need to transport. that will help out of crimea. most of those you know won't go for more familiar with it a bit but. when the whole make this manufacture come sentenced to the public wells. when the ruling class is project themselves. with the final merry go round of lives only the one percent. it's time to ignore middle of the road signals. i mean really means. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics school business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. it was in the one nine hundred fifty s. that our secretary of state john foster dulles proclaimed our policy is global. we started as a continental empire by clearing out the native peoples and other foreign forces then we became an overseas empire by taking islands in various par

r.t. international. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei is laying out america's new strategy on iran live pictures here this is him speaking on exactly that now this comes less than two weeks after president trump announced that he was pulling washington out of the nuclear deal with tehran all that's left brussels in a difficult position with washington on one side threatening to sanction e.u. firms doing business with iran iran blaming the bot for not doing enough to save the nuclear deal with the exit of the united states from the nuclear deal the expectations of the iranian public towards the european union have increased and the e.u.'s political support for the nuclear agreement is not sufficient for some european businesses aren't testing america's patience and have already announced that they will leave the islamic republic among them french energy giants total and energy their molted billion dollar projects in iran could be abandoned as early as november when american sanctions are due to be reinstated

r.t. international right now midday on monday here in moscow. iran's foreign minister has a lashed out at the e.u. for not doing enough to help tehran counter u.s. pressure. amid european efforts to save economic relations with iran which of course were thrown into jeopardy by the threat of american sanctions after washington scrapped the iran nuclear deal with the exits of the united states from the nuclear deal the expectations of the iranian public towards the european union have increased and the e.u.'s political support for the nuclear agreement is not sufficient some companies have already announced they are ready to leave for example french energy giant total and on g. their multi-billion dollar projects could be abandoned by november when american sanctions are due to be reinstated france's finance minister lashed out at washington this could my we're going to accept the u.s. is the plan it's economic policeman except one way domination with no respect for international rules obviously europe's response must clearly be. on friday the eur

r.t. international. now north korea has taken a highly symbolic step because pyongyang appeared to destroy its only no nuclear test site in front of the world's cameras on thursday r.t. correspondent she goes down up was among a select group of journalists invited. for in the beijing international airport as you can see behind me we're being greeted like celebrities who have bills to go to north korea thing is we aren't even exactly sure as to where exactly we're headed. so you will counsel and that is what's the first thing you expect to see it's a bustling crowd of people pushing and shoving it's a taxi drivers offering that often overpriced services won't check this out nothing will distort it it's just an empty parking lot and three buses that will take us to the city. this is where i will be spending the next eleven hours or so my very own oriental express i guess so check out the room the first thing to notice about it is the windows the blinds are shot there is some sort of a seal and we're not all

r.t. international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program top story the international chemical weapons watchdog which is currently investigating the poisoning of surrogate script his daughter in england is backing away from claims made by its own boss the. director general how'd suggested that up to half a cup worth of the nerve agent novacek was used in the attack on the former spy that's a dose large enough to kill tens of thousands of people right because the of picks up the story usually what happens with ministries. get revealed crimes the soul of perpetrators are identified in the script case what's interesting is we seem to be going in reverse. for research activities or protection you would need for instance five to ten grams of but even in souls three it looks like they may have used more than without knowing the exact quantity i'm told it may be fifty one hundred grams or so which goes beyond research activities for protection it also stretches the realms of reality here's some perspective one drop of a new rich aka nerve agent is enough to kill roughly ten p

r.t. international. now this week the u.s. officially moved its embassy in israel to jerusalem sparking new tensions in the region as palestinians also claim the city as their own has sparked protests services which have become the deadliest in yes. but that was that was the word we extend a hand in friendship to israel the palestinians and all of their neighbors may there be peace we pray for peace of yours i. thought. i. heard you. well the opening of the embassy did go ahead is shared sure despite the ongoing protests including outside the gates of the new compound all correspondent witnessed the saying angry crowd has gathered there protesting against the embassy . any training police are trying to keep the crowd at bay why you have. i'm here to pose a decision by the u.s. administration to relocate their embassy in the heart of the contested city in the heart of the city for thirty five to forty percent of its residents are living under occupation most are not citizens of any state that denied basic rights i'm here with a

r.t. international with me in the care and good to have you with us this hour now our top story the international chemical watchdog investigating the poisoning of sergei scrip powell and his daughter has made a u. turn on its claims over the amount of a nerve agent used in the attack in salzburg the organization corrected an earlier statement that there was nearly half a cup of the toxin now saying it's unable to determine the exact quantity more and girls looks at a growing number of inconsistency in the probe. usually what happens with ministries is the answers get revealed crimes are solved perpetrators are identified in the script al case what's interesting is we seem to be going in reverse the research activities or protection you would need for instance five to ten grams or so but even in souls free it looks like they may have used more than without knowing the exact quantity i'm told it may be fifty one hundred grams or so which goes beyond research activities for protection it also stretches the realms of reality here's some perspective one drop of a new rich aka nerve agent is enough to

r.t. international and i will start this hour with news from belgium because two officers under civilian have been killed in a shooting in leech the city's police chief now says his personnel were specifically targeted in the attack. this video paid online and he said to show the area of the attack can be heard more details now from. the gunman has been killed by police we understand that he got ahold of a weapon after disarming the two of the the two police officers that were killed what we're hearing from the interior minister over jambon is the offices are on the scene investigating but they're trying to get to the bottom of the potential motive terrorism is just one of the scenarios that they're looking at right now but when it comes to just who the perpetrator of this attack was we are starting to get more information from the local media that he's being reported to be thirty six year old man who had just been released from prison yesterday on on monday the twenty eighth but belgium is no stranger when it comes to terrorist attacks attacks in a similar vein to this one if we look back to

r.t. international a former u.s. air force drone operator turned whistleblower is the guest on sophie and. welcome to sophie and co and sophie shevardnadze the u.s. military is relying more and more on drone warfare look at this modern weaponry doing more harm than good brendan right into a forward grown operator in the u.s. military is with me today to share his experience. modern warfare can be found in mountain passes down near urban streets but their craft firing missiles over afghanistan can now be guided remotely from a base in nevada you know darkroom by computer screens or by a pilot in the skies what plays in the mind of a drawer operator before he hits the button is it easier to fly to the enemy thousands of miles away instead of face to face should those who engage in war be distanced from its dangers and consequences. brendon bryant who served in the u.s. air force as a drone operator welcome to our show it's really great to have you with us brenda hi. hey thank you for having me right out both obama and

r.t. international. the us is facing a row with the european union over the iran nuclear deal that's because despite donald trump announcing he was withdrawing from it other signatories have expressed their willingness to keep the agreement alive use commission president even said america has lost its vigor. since the usa turned away from multilateral relations with the ferocity that only surprised us wants to cooperate with other corners of the world there is much need for your all across the globe at this point we have to replace the united states which as an international actor has lost vigor because of it in the long term it through. many european leaders of being openly discussing their own knees since president trump made that decision to pull out of the uranium nuclear accord france's president mr khan has been talking today about the fact that europe now must make its own way and not follow others he talked about when that deal was created a few years ago saying that it was designed to build peac

r.t. international thank you for joining us. the u.s. officially moved its embassy in israel to jerusalem on monday sparking fatal under arrest on the gaza border the protests have become the deadliest for four years. the water the more you stay remember this moment. q. this is history. but let me put it up like that with the alert we extend a hand in friendship to israel the palace that is and to all of their neighbors may there be peace we pray for the peace of jurors cut. off all. live. on. the opening of the embassy went ahead to shed jewel despite more protests outside the gates of the new compound. reports from the scene. angry crowd has gathered there protesting against him to see meet the needs radio police are trying to keep the crowd at bay why you have. i'm here to pose the decision by the u.s. administration to relocate there have a seat in the heart of the contested city in the heart of the city for thirty five to forty percent of its residents are living under occupation most are not citizens of any state that denied basic