r.t. international good to have you with us i mean and our top story batches of weapons discovered in the former terrorist stronghold of eastern aleppo in syria have been traced back to western manufacturers renowned war correspondent robert fisk identified their origins through serial numbers and then tried to find the weapons had ended up in the islamist rebels more know from kill up. this is a weapons factory located in bosnia most likely you have never heard of it but it's here that the weapons were manufactured for one of the bloodiest battles in syria lots of homes were destroyed and lots of civilians were killed in western aleppo by those questionable rebels. we got it almost exactly eight o'clock in the morning and it happened at the worst possible time just as thousands of children were killed in the school the first shell actually came in between these buildings and you know that then the children were on their way to school when a mortar shell landed at the end by a few of them were killed i knew them they went to maher screw a thirteen year old ream lost her foot in a rebel sh

r.t. international good to have your company my name's o'neil ok our top story this hour you can get help learning how. through fake news from police source nato launched a face book game to teach people how to sort fact from fiction. tried her. welcome. nato's new online weapon against misinformation it's the news here oh i promised myself to report only the truth join me on my quest to filter the news some of the headlines about the game might imply that its developers have a bone to pick with russia but on closer inspection it seems it doesn't have that much russian fake news to decipher you might have thought that needle's lot fear based strategic communications center of excellence could dig up something better especially given the lengths it went to last year trying to prove that russian t.v. comedy was really an undercover propaganda machine and of course there is nato's deep seated suspicion of all things russian we don't accept cyber. we will not counter. we more. we have to be able to counter this information with facts but it made those new virtual reality world passion seem sl

r.t. international good to have your company our top story. u.s. security and intelligence chiefs being putting on a united front the white house to reassert their suspicions that russia is currently meddling in the upcoming midterm elections with more in this. one by one the various security chiefs took to the podium at the white house we heard from general paul neka son of the u.s. cyber command christopher ray the head of the f.b.i. dan coats the director of national intelligence as well as kirsten nielsen who is the secretary of homeland security now one by one they spoke with they all kind of seem to repeat the same kind of message this is the security chiefs making their allegations our democracy itself is in the crosshairs paid by russia to try to weaken and divide united states this threat is not going away to prevent foreign interference in our elections to prevent russian and other foreign influence and the russians try to hack into and steal information candidates and government officials alike cyber attacks against voting infrastructure

r.t. international good to have you with us mine aims union only our top story a russian mole inside the u.s. embassy in moscow it's stuff on britain's guardian newspaper has been reveling in its scoop but all is not how it seems. off explains everybody loves the spy drama mystery suspense and a russian. my name is evelyn. this guardian story had every ingredient for a thriller recipe the u.s. secret service as quite clearly stems from the very name is one of the most enigmatic agencies of the u.s. government its main function is to protect the lives of u.s. presidents ministers the top political brass and that is where the russians according to the guardian planted a mall the russian spy had been working under texted in the heart of the american embassy in moscow for more than a decade she had plenty of time together intelligence without supervision the source said the guardian's head of investigations claims she was operational for a whole decade in that time through the agency's internet in e-mail systems she had access to all kinds of highly classified stuff including the shared jewels o

r.t. international good to have your company i mean o'neill our top story there has been plenty of talk this way to stay over double trump. presidency which now appears to be in a precarious position in less than two years and two of the presidents former associates have pleaded guilty to federal crimes it's part trump in hot water as a sex lawyer has implicated him as the organ straighter of campaign financial violations and the media is already getting in a spin over his possible impeachment can he be impeached with this i think the beginning has to be said and mark right now and wolf we're in a watergate moment but there is i think a lot for the president to fear impeachment then discuss the mainstream media discourse today it seems became a little more realistic for trump although it's not exactly what you might think ferris links the russian agents or collusion with the kremlin something far more. as his former lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to by income tax fraud he also admitted guilt in campaign finance charges allegedly paying off former mistresses of trump for their silence on

r.t. international good to have you with us our top story the united states has said that fresh sanctions against russia will kick in on monday the penalties are linked to claims that the kremlin orchestrated a nerve agent attack in the u.k. and will target russia's financial sector as well as some sells to moscow reporting from washington this american. now the new batch of sanctions will come into force on august twenty seventh and will prohibit russia from importing secure u.s. goods and technology related to national security but there were also a few waivers first the foreign assistance act which would have terminated all aid to russia except for urgent humanitarian assistance is waived second the prohibition on arms sales that was introduced in two thousand and fourteen will also be waived determined on a case to case basis a state department official said that these waivers are essential to national security third arm sales of financing which has been in place already sanctions will deny u.s. government credit and financial assistance ban exports of secure goods and tech a few days

r.t. international good to have you with us our top stories from the past seven days facebook's upping the ante in its crusade against fake news it's going on another bombing spree in an effort to stamp out the phenomenon and thereby limits efforts to sway political opinion. explains. thanks for joining us franco with your latest news in the world of social media facebook and twitter have gotten rid of suspicious accounts spewing fakes and propaganda from iran the troll factories not only after the minds of the americans but users all over the world it's claimed to be run by iran's government media. not the us of those by. some of them through. facebook already enables users to check if they've been exposed to russian vaults and trolls how many trolls does it take to incite i've evolution scores of so-called russian bots took over twitter and facebook well this facebook slash twitter online police rate is an actual news story this week yeah you can take plenty of the earlier reports replace the word russia with iran and get pretty much identical stuff all right speaking of facebook this ti

good afternoon just to midday here in moscow my name is kevin owen this is r.t. international have your weekends going good that we take you through the headlines then in more detail britain's home secretary is a gallager that more needs to be done to tackle forced marriages in the u.k. britain's times newspaper revealed that women and teenage girls from asian and middle eastern backgrounds of being forced into marriage or the test the reserves just some of the victim's. family forced her to marry a cousin in pakistan her husband only married her for visa purposes eventually they ended up with two daughters and after some miscarriages the husband forced her to go through i the after retirement so that they could conceive a boy when she eventually found pregnant has been said that if she was having a girl then she would be having an abortion the abuse continued and the male child was also subject to abuse after the wedding in afghanistan her husband beat and returned back in the u.k. she was forced to work full time to support the visa application she fled when her family tried

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good morning just. watching r.t. international first story about this go from an iraqi religious minority who still lives in fear for a life years after she escaped and fled to germany she thought she was in a place of safety but not it seems in germany she ran into him face to face we've spoken to are told us about her ordeal with the terrorist group. turned out more irish than the seven girls captured by fighters in taken to syria the worst time and my life was moment when i was all separated me from my family they took us away from our mothers fathers brothers they even have abducted eight year old girls they tortured us raped tests told us into slavery who were looking for gasland anything sharp knife scissors who couldn't find anything to kill ourselves with we were trying to escape but they handcuffed our hands and lax covered our heads and raped us they turned us into human shields when they went anywhere they took us with them so that the strikes didn't kill them. has now nineteen years old she's easy the religious minorit

r.t. international with me initial surfie good to have you with us now police in the u.s. city of jacksonville in florida say they have been multiple fatalities in a mass shooting incident took place during a video game tournament and statement complex shortly after the first reports of the attack began say collating a video emerged online pairing to show the moments the atrocity began just to warn you though you may find the following images distressing. it was a remarkable true story. police haven't come to the exact number of victims but made reports suggest that four people were killed a numerous others inches authorities say the attacker whose motive was and clay a is dead he's believed to have killed himself his identity though is yet to be confirmed. now to our weekly stories facebook's upping the ante and its crusade against fake news is going on another bombing spree in a bid to stamp out the phenomenon and thereby limit efforts to sway political opinion and explain. thanks for joining us but franco with your latest news in the world of social media facebook and t

r.t. international with me nicky aaron good to have you with us now our top story c.n.n. is under fire after it refused to retract a breaking news story on collusion between donald trump and russia despite the news channels publicly withdrawing a significant claim the whole story was based on well here in the studio with me is r.t. going to do give us some more details on this how does this work exactly why has the network been standing by the story well minky this is the special one and i'm here to share with you some of my observations for how things are done when it comes to some media organizations across the atlantic as you've said c.n.n. in particular we. we've gotten used to the media sometimes running since ational stories because a number of anonymous sources tell them this or that but my question to you is what if the anonymous source reveals his identity and says that his story is not true or that he has made several mistakes perhaps you will expect these people to take a step back maybe consider some skepticism and publish a correction or take the story down a

r.t. international my names you know neal good to have your company our top story the turkish president making economic moves to shift reliance on the u.s. dollar after impose punitive trade tariffs sending turkey's currency into a tailspin. looking towards countries like russia china iran on ukraine for currency alternatives. we are preparing to use our own national currency with our biggest trading partners such as china russia and ukraine if european countries want to get away from the us dollar then we are ready to set up such a system as well. the president heard one appeal to citizens to ditch their u.s. dollars down buy up turkish lira the currency spiraled in the wake of donald trump declaring he was doubling import tariffs on turkish metal imports i have just authorized a doubling of tariffs on steel and on the menu with respect to turkey as the currency the turkish lira slides rapidly downward against our very strong dollar and a mini moon now b. twenty percent and still fifty percent our relations with turkey are not good at this time of the ra it traces back to turkey's refusal to

by the very good morning says r.t. international with me kevin owen live in moscow it's just eleven am in the headlines first though a developing story to tell you about several missiles have hit the center of the afghan capital of kabul this morning local police say the taliban is behind the attack no injuries reported that the missiles landed in the diplomatic district of kabul where government buildings are situated some of them hit the presidential palace and one reportedly struck the u.s. embassy is sold how members the country's president ironically was giving a holiday speech the taliban has been increasing its military activity there lately with another assault carried out by the group only yesterday monday taliban fighters ambushed three buses then taking almost two hundred people hostage later afghan security forces reportedly freed nearly a hundred fifty of them the bus raid came shortly after the afghan president had offered a cease fire during the muslim holiday ied started today daniel hawkins has more. the three month

r.t. international my names you know neal good to have your company top story. fake news crusade seems to have backfired it's emerged out. of revenue earned from r t before we were banned from advertising on the site actually boosted the spread of stories up but suppose said russian balts in france going over the details earlier with me quarter. well it all started with twitter as anti dissent from ation campaign and that was where it funded research organizations to collect fake to collect information on fake news outlets and one of these in for one of these organizations was belgian ngo disinfo lab following when you police during the twenty sixteen u.s. campaign which involved the purchase of commercials by russia today in sputnik to be committed to redistribute the one point nine million dollars to organizations fighting this information. received one hundred twenty five thousand dollars in january twentieth this info will they receive the phones back in january what i've been doing with them what the they come up with sits well they formed a list of twitter

r.t. international my names you know neal good to have you with us our top story twitter's fake news crusade seems to have fired its emerged out. from revenue earned from r t before we were bound for modernizing on the site actually boosted the spread of full stories about supposed russian vaults in france well let's get into this now with r t correspondent double quarter well this is interesting give us the line of this story first of all don't well it all started with twitter's anti dissent from ation campaign and that was where it funded research organizations to collect fake to collect information on fake news outlets and one of these and for one of these organizations was belgian ngo disinfo lab. following when you policeman's during the twenty sixteen u.s. campaign which involved the purchase of commercials by russia today in sport nick committed to redistribute the one point nine million dollars to organizations fighting this information. is in full out received one hundred twenty five thousand dollars in january twenty. right so we're going backward just over a half a year this info

you want to go to international for a good morning for me kevin owen here r.t. h.q. this morning coming up among the stories israel and hamas militants agree yet another ceasefire after last couple of days of really heavy fire but the question is how long is it going to last we'll try and gauge it more coming up. we have no idea what if he's doing on vacation but she will be back on air in september. israel and hamas militants have reached a cease fire agreement following two days of trading heavy fire. in one of the latest bombing raids a cultural center in gaza city was destroyed israeli defense forces launched that operation after hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into southern israel. was. a wednesday night an i.d.f. strike killed at least three people including a pregnant woman as well as are eighteen month old child the health ministry reporting that a local journalist was at the funeral. we are attending the funeral of we now it's a mess in baghdad were killed yesterday during that abstracts launch from gaza strip and that's a plus three year old mother

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live from our international news channel in moscow this is r.t. good to have your company on the internet only our top story the u.s. senate intelligence committee met stay for a hearing on the changing nature of online influence campaigns by foreign powers on one issue a particular concern seems to be the spread of means on social media that can be traced back to moscow we asked the russian foreign minister for his thoughts on the talks. when you look it's just hilarious when i hear that funny pictures can undermine american democracy i think that it's just paranoia that goes off the scale it's not respectable for american lawmakers to make a sensation out of nothing when all the ones who invented social media and went all the ones who insisted on making social media open to everybody so those who are sitting there and d.c. talking russian meddling over and over are certain that the russians are carrying on with their attempts to undermine u.s. democracy and they're saying now they have a new target the midterm elections in america in twenty and we're

oh well it's good to have you company watching r.t. international now with a general election on the horizon in sweden tensions have been growing on the streets of the capital on saturday hundreds of members of an e n r c movement rallied in central stockholm and were met by outraged counter protesters refreshing or was there. we are in central stockholm right now in sweden at the gathering of nordic resistance movement in the tabloids and nordic organization but here in sweden it's also a political party and they are running for the upcoming elections here in the country as sad that this gathering is a chance for them to make their message heard our message today is that we want to take back to conquer from the traitors in the parliaments in twenty and thirty percent of the inhabitants of us europeans twenty and thirty percent it's already too late for just stopped immigration we must take them back the politicians within the government today they are traitors towards our people because among many all their fairness they open our borders sign for.

good monday morning worldwide news headlines live on r.t. international for all of us here welcome to your new years. the syrian government says it is ready to recapture the last major rebel stronghold in the country. damascus has been deploying additional forces are. still willing to pursue a course of reconciliation however. by the key militant group controlling the area . the group's chief has warned other factions from taking part in any talks with damascus. meanwhile the russian defense ministry has warned that. preparing a provocation moscow says it has intelligence that jihadists are intending to stage a chemical attack and lay the blame on the assad government. a strike on. using poor. isn't laden missiles is planned within the next forty eight hours that some players outside the region are preparing yet more provocations on syrian soil involving chemical weapons with the aim of destabilizing the situation there and undermining the positive dynamics of the ongoing peace process. more the missive warns that it's the white helmets pro rebel group th

good evening thanks for joining us this is r.t. international where we will start this hour with breaking news because washington has said that it is imposing new sanctions against russia over the poisoning of double agent and his daughter in the u.k. in march of this year the new penalties are expected to come into effect around august twenty second according to the state department. the united states on august the sixth twenty eighteen determined under the chemical and biological weapons control and warfare elimination active nine hundred ninety one that the government of the russian federation has used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law or has used lethal chemical biological weapons against its own. correspondent samir khan joins us on the line now from the united states samir a what details do you have at this point about these new penalties well there will likely be two rounds of sanctions the first round will limit exports and financing but the second round due to hit in about three months or so may include th

international space station we showing you live pictures from a cosmonaut sporty camper. hello there welcome it's good to have you company is just gone one am here in moscow you're watching r.t. international our top story this hour the death toll from a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital has risen to forty eight and is likely to rise further to according to local health officials and word of warning warning that you might find the upcoming images distressing sixty others were injured in the attack on a private education center in a shiite neighborhood of cobol it's not clear yet if it was only students or whether teachers were among the victims the taliban since denied that had any involvement in the assault instead the attack is being blamed on islamic state although no one has yet claimed responsibility. does come after reports of at least forty five security personnel being killed after the taliban attacks a military camp north of kabul local journalists killed. reports. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody day for afghanistan not only in north than afghanistan but also in eastern afghanistan some twelve at least twelve soldiers have be

and a very good morning for me kevin i mean this is r.t. international live from r.t. h.q. moscow has just turned nine in the morning so to those headlines in more detail first the syrian army is gearing up for an offensive on the last major rebel stronghold lip the battle for the own clave marks the final stage of the syrian war if the assad forces manage to retake it it'll bring almost the entire country back under government control however the head of the campaign the western media's been doubling down on its narrative against damascus with some saying that assad forces certain to inflict heavy civilian casualties the same outlets though fail to mention the own claims under the control of jihadi groups accused of war crimes are trying to report. these yagur a few of the syrian civil war has strong it's now pretty much about this part of the country the northwest basically here in and around it is where you'll find all the armed rebel groups the ones still putting up a real fight no wonder getting hold of this area would be the ultimate success for damascus five days aft

hello good afternoon welcome to pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now our top story this hour it has been one year since we first reported on russian speaking children found in an iraqi orphanage following the brutal military operation there against islamic state after the report was we launched a campaign to find relatives of those children and several people reached out to us too saying that they recognized some of them well this allowed those orphans to reconnect with their family after their parents left with them to join i saw our correspondent dina courtin never spoke to those families to find out whether they've managed to move on after the tragic experience. so. if. a year ago two small sisters high diesel and freight t.-mo were brought back to their grandparents who at the time lost all hope of africa seeing them again they say they feel safe here and this house the sister salue can behave like any other child of their age despite their traumatic experience their playground is now the two rooms upstairs that were once home for their parents

r.t. . well good of you to show your saturday with us here at the international thank you for being a part of the program today my colleague nicky aaron will be at the helm in about half an hour with more of your weekend programming. just. three. am. in the. in the. when a loved one is murder it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder i would prefer it mean when the death penalty just because they think that's a fair thing the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict is found innocent the idea that we were executing innocent people is terrifying and the is just no way to arrogant and that we're even many victims' families want the death penalty to be abolished the reason we have to keep the death penalty here is because that's what murder victim's family is what that's going to give them peace that's going to give them justice and we come in and say. not quite enough we've been through this this isn't their wake. do you. think. man group was going to do. the boss may be invited back. by going to make a new year margot. you know we're going to be to the

good afternoon just. of the tenth of august when you were watching r.t. international. first that in the headlines in more detail further tightening of u.s. sanctions on russia will be viewed as the start of an economic war that so the russian prime minister dmitri medvedev reacted to newly announced restrictions by the u.s. over the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei scriptural and his daughter in britain in march if it comes to banning banking activities or certain currency use we will be able to call it a declaration of economic war and this will require a reaction by implementing economic political or if necessary any other measures so the new sanctions will come into the first places limits on financing an export especially on a number of national security goods and the second wave is set to hit diplomatic relations as well as banking and imports and isha sesay takes up a story for you. when it comes to global disagreement sanctions that the u.s. weapon of choice as russia's number two at the u.n. put it let's us welcome the united sanctions of america

hello welcome good evening it's just gone six o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. now washington has announced the first round of sanctions against iran which it hopes will weaken the country's leadership however the move may not be going as. the u.s. hopes let's find out why and speak to a couple of our correspondents american is in washington and peter oliver is in berlin for us let's start with you just outlined them what these sanctions mean and just what effectively specifically will be affected. well the first round of sanctions will take effect tuesday around midnight u.s. eastern time now president from has been slamming the iran deal since his campaign days so when he officially with the true from the agreement i'm a of this year that actually pave the way to reimpose think but what we're going to see on tuesday is the first round which means. trading metals including precious ones limiting the flow of iranian currency it's going to target iran's automobile industry but the second phase which is going to hit iran even worse will hit in november and now th

good as the end then included tuesdays out and. this. is the street. in the stories that shape the week here on r.t. international canada acknowledges a disturbing chapter in its post-war history when thousands of single mothers were forced to give up their babies spoke to one of the victims i after all my daughter i actually had to ask three times and on the last time that i asked i had to yell and then they were. black i started to get i started to pass out and then they took her away from. weapons used by rebels and terrorists in syria have been traced back to nato countries including the united states. also the sour me and spies are the threats american democracy faces from russia during the upcoming elections that's according to the u.s. intelligence community. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international on the weekly rundown. of you are welcome to this program three people have been arrested on sunday ahead of a right wing rally and the counter protest in berkeley california. according to local police those arrested had items. in their possession including metal pipes baseball bats and knives earlier t

r.t. international smalling so first than the first batch of the most recent us sanctions against russia come into force today they focus on exports of sensitive national goods including arms sales and then in a further three months moscow may face a second wave of restrictions described by a us state department official as more draconian they may include more limits on trade and banking and cuts to diplomatic relations the measures of the consideration may also ban russian state airlines from entering the u.s.'s. ace washington says the new sanctions are in response to the poisoning of a russian double agent and his daughter in britain in march this year the investigation into that case is still ongoing and no hard evidence of russia's involvement has been provided moscow's slander sanctions now is slow witted saying they're based on a false pretext as usual washington provided no evidence of justification while only throwing out vicious innuendos it seems they are following the principle worse is better we will counter the united states slow witted blinkered and aggressive approach with sober minded orderly work on a constructive agenda. it seems washingto

r.t. international hope you can stay with us for one. let's say i'm not sure i get your. response. thank you for. the story that's right. good of you to join us today at least five people have been killed and thirty three wounded in libya amid fresh clashes between rival groups local militias and tribal fighters faced off in the streets of tripoli with pickup trucks mounted with machine guns several residential areas were hit by a shelling the clashes involve groups linked to the u.n. . has. been following the headlines about libya you've probably heard a lot about post-war problems migraines human traffickers the french president's attempts to restore order there except the war never really ended. in just two days of violent clashes in libya's capital tripoli the health ministry confirmed five fake tallies and thirty three injuries but that's just another bloody footnote in a country plagued by the instability of a post nato bombing regime right well this time not quite two warring factions the so-called seventh brigade and another group of hostile local militias they began throwing serious firepower at each other on sunday

either a good warning for me kevin owen just turned eleven am this sunday in moscow this is the weekly a roundup of the big top stories of the last seven days from r.t. international starting with this one top of the bill washington announced it will impose new sanctions against russia over the poisoning of former russian double agent script on his daughter back in march moscow strenuously denied any involvement in the incident russia's prime minister says further tightening of u.s. sanctions on russia will be viewed as the start of an economic war moscow would therefore have to react economically and politically so the restrictions are said to come into the first places limits. financing and export especially on a number of national security goods the second wave in about three months time there will hit diplomatic relations as well as banking and imports and takes up the story when it comes to global disagreement sanctions that the u.s. weapon of choice as russia's number two at the u.n. put it let us welcome the united sanctions of america well russia is being on the receiving end of plenty of them they stem from allegations of election meddling military aggres

r.t. international with me we care and good to have you with us. our top story almost a thousand people gathered at an anti my current demonstration in the german city of camden it's as right wing sentiment continues to raise its head protesters hold both rules of police to try to disperse the crowd. was. artie's piece all of the reports on how small case sparked a massive protest wave which reflects an overall trend across western europe. well that crowd that we saw there of around eight hundred people including it said members of a far right football hooligan outfit lording through central kim it all was sparked following the stabbing to death of a thirty five year old man in the early hours of sunday morning two other people were seriously wounded in that incident a twenty two year old iraqi and a twenty three year old syrian man have been taken into custody following that and it prompted opposition figures to come out and say that this shows that integration in germany isn't working that the police are failing to keep people safe now since twen

r.t. international my name's you know neal good to have your company our top story this hour the u.n. is being accused of secretly blocking its own agencies from getting syria's economy back on track the claim comes from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. because . it's turned out of the political department of the u.n. secretary it produced and distributed a secret guideline within the whole u.n. system in october last year it restricted the organizations within that system to take part in any projects on the reconstruction of the syrian economy are not humanitarian aid nothing else well first of all we don't hear this kind of criticism for. directed specifically at the u.n. that often but if you really read into what he said you will realize that actually he is upset with what he called attempts by other countries to manipulate the secretariat and this is absolutely unacceptable says the russian foreign minister the russian foreign ministry has already been touch with the secretary general they sent a former complaint about the alleged behind the scenes than the secretary of t

hi there good morning you're watching r.t. international live with me kevin owen a.t.m. you know moscow this thursday the second of august first in this bulleted with the u.s. midterm elections approaching the issue of cyber security has come to the fore in washington again the senate intelligence committee is held a hearing on how best to counter what it sees the rusher problem and other countries in the alleged attempts to interfere in america's domestic affairs but that's just a day after facebook took down instagram and facebook accounts which it said aimed to influencing voters caleb maupin has more on this big story. russian information warfare in our own backyard after election day the russian government stepped on the gas the russians in this case and others see us as a cheap date the russian activity seeks to turn the normal differences of opinion among americans into headlines about unbridgeable political divisions the russian government came into the house of the american family and manipulated us as you might suspect the story goes on the same way we've heard

exactly no one here in moscow for a good morning for me kevin zero in this is r.t. international to our top story then the smalling iran's supreme leader says he won't negotiate with washington after president trump's latest offer to talk about improving ties to how many is the latest leader to give the u.s. president the brushoff sanctions spree mopin small. donald trump not known for his modesty never stops bragging about the fact that he wrote the art of the deal seems that when it comes to his role as commander in chief he sees himself as almost the great negotiator and when it comes to north korea you could argue that his approach kind of worked he is a sick puppy rocket man is on a suicide mission for him so. this not make it even worse threats to the united states. they will be met with fire fury. like the world has never seen since taking office donald trump has played up the so-called threat of another geo political rival of america threat posed by iran whose chief exports are violence bloodshed and chaos all nations of conscience most worked together to isolate for a mi

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good script and his daughter in the u.k. . broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is the r.t. international and sean thomas surely glad to have you with us as israeli airstrikes have injured at least eighteen people in gaza according to local medics i. i. and one of the latest bombing raids a cultural center in gaza city was destroyed in the i.d.f. launched the operation after palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets into southern israel. are are at sea was. on wednesday night in i.d.f. strike killed at least three people including a pregnant woman as well as her eighteen month old child it local journalist was present at their funeral. we are now and did it by left city in the middle of the gaza city where we are attending the funeral of a nasa began in us and by god were killed yesterday during that abstracts launch from gaza strip and that is a twenty three year old mother that was pregnant with a nine month baby i am expecting him at any minute but yet is the one year and a half old baby as you see thousands of palestinians are participating in the funeral lining that does the poli

r.t. international with me we care and good to have you with us. now the death toll from a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital has risen to forty eight and is likely to rise further as according to local health officials sixty seven others were injured in the attack on an education center in the shiite neighborhood of kabul no one has yet claimed responsibility this comes after reports of at least forty five security personnel being killed after the taliban attacked a military camp north of kabul local journalist tun finds the reports. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody day for afghanistan not only in northen afghanistan but also in eastern afghanistan some twelve at least twelve soldiers have been killed and three are missing but in babylon province specifically in. the location were still it's there are conflicting reports that you know all forty five people or afghan security forces have been killed but speaking earlier to a spokesperson for the north and corp's he didn't confirm the death of the any soldiers