as foreign minister sergey lavrov is currently meeting us secretary of state in washington who will bring that news conference after the talk to the soon as that gets under way. right after his 1st one on one with ukraine's president vladimir putin comes out with harsh statement warning of another. takes back control of eastern ukraine without amnesty. i. am refusing to back down protesters in france continue to make a stand against the government's plans to overhaul the pension system at the key speech by the prime minister on the issue. tightening the noose on the democrats go all in on impingement the us president claims the russian collusion case was also an attempt to overthrow. thanks for joining us here on the internet. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov is in washington for a working visit the country's top diplomats meeting secretary of state. and president all trump following developments in the u.s. capitol. quote sergey lavrov himself he doesn't expect anything in fact he says that russia just comes here to washington to deliver its position to make known to make the unit

president trump says he looks forward to more dialogue with russia after meeting foreign minister sergey lavrov at the white house nuclear arms reduction was a key focus of those colds. meanwhile as democrats go all in on impeachment the u.s. president claims the russian collusion case was also an attempt to overthrow him plus. the. protesters in france take a stand against pension reforms ahead of a speech by the prime minister on bus issue. life most scarce today where it's currently just a minute past 4 in the morning this is international welcome to the program now in a rare visit to the u.s. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has held talks with president trump and secretary of state mike pompei or so will trump described the talks is very good and said he wants more dialogue with russia. just had a very good meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov and representatives of russia discussed many items including trade iran north korea i n f treaty nuclear arms control and election meddling look forward to continuing the dialogue in the near future from the outset it became clear ho

president trump says he looks forward to more dialogue with russia to receive foreign minister sergey lavrov at the white house production was a key focus of those polls. meanwhile as democrats go all in on the impeachment a u.s. president claims the russian invasion case was born in a tent and wrote him. protesters in france take a stand against pension reforms ahead of a speech by the minister on but issues. you're watching off the international i'm rose on a lot with welcome to the program and a rare visit to the u.s. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has helped talks with president trump and secretary of state. they will trump describe the talks is very good and said he wants more dialogue with russia. just had a very good meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov and representatives of russia discussed many items including trade iran north korea i n f treaty nuclear arms control and election meddling look forward to continuing the dialogue in the near future from the outset it became clear how much room for improvement there is in the relations between russia and the united s

president says he looks forward to more dialogue with russia after meeting foreign minister sergey lavrov at the white house does it however trigger to more speculation about supposin secret trump moscow ling's something lavrov brushed off . you might as well throw your kids ations against russian diplomats in the case with the athletes and for our criminal liability. you're watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. a suicide attacker has detonated a car bomb outside the back room airbase one of the main u.s. military outpost in afghanistan the top comes not long after tom surprise thanksgiving visit to that same base local media reports say the powerful blast hit a medical facility close to the bases main gate at least 2 people were killed and more than 70 injured according to local sources issued out quickly followed it's being reported 3 of the attackers remain at large and 3 others have been killed and another captured. a local t.v. channel says the taliban has claimed responsibility the american president visit

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has held talks with president trump and secretary of state mike pompei it donald trump described the talks as very good and says he wants more with russia. just had a very good meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov and representatives of russia discussed many items including trade iran north korea i n f treaty nuclear arms control and election meddling look forward to continuing the dialogue in the near future from the outset it became clear how much room for improvement there is in the relations between russia and the united states for instance one of the cases election meddling the secretary of state might pump a way has been very adamant that any interference in america's relations is unacceptable by a foreign power to which russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov stressed that all such accusations still exist in the realm of speculation. it was for meddling or not is suggested to simply read the moon report we read it there is no proof of any collusion so also has repeatedly said that russia is ready to release full transcripts as t

visit however triggered more speculation about suppose it's secret trump moscow links something sergey lavrov brushed off as observer. might as well as ations against russian diplomats calling the case with the athletes and called for our criminal liability. the french government pushes forward with its new pension reform which has already led to days of mass demonstrations civil unrest can strike action. i will welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me becky errol our top story this hour a suicide bomber has detonated his car outside one of america's main military outposts in afghanistan the background airfield now the attack comes out of the hills of trumps a. cries thanksgiving day visit to the very same base local media report a powerful blast hit a medical facility located in the immediate vicinity of the air bases main gate according to local media the attack is claimed at least one life with as many as 62 people injured initial reports suggested the suicide bomber had targeted a u.s. military convoy though american officials deny that. the american president flew to afg

a russian delegation headed by foreign minister sergei lavrov visited washington d.c. on tuesday much of the irritation of the democrats there there was present though seemed happy about the visit just had a very good meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov and representatives of russia discussed many items including trade iran north korea i know if treaty nuclear arms control and election meddling look forward to continuing the dialogue in the near future. well grove also held talks with u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh the issue of alleged election meddling was raised but the meeting wasn't all about us russian disagreement i think arsalan explains from the outset it became clear how much room for improvement there is in the relations between russia and the united states for instance one of the cases election meddling the secretary of state my campaign has been very adamant that any interference in america's relations is unacceptable by a foreign power to which russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov stressed that all such accusing still exist in the realm

warned sergey lavrov that russia must not interfere in any more elections. do you think russia will listen? angela: i think president trump had to say that given everything that has happened. as mr. lavrov has said many times including today, you have no proof that we interfered and you are not showing us proof. --on't think that whatever atever mr. trump said will have no impact. we know the russians will continue to interfere, and we will have to see wther that happens next year. laura: president trump is meeting with sergey lavrov on the day he is facing articles of impeachment because of allegedly withholding aid from ukraine that ukraine wanted toer cou russian aggression. whatvl doeimir putin think of this? angela: vladimir putin must be quite pleased. mr. lavrov was in the talks between him and putin any french and gean leaders. mr. lavrov will report to mr. trump his version of what happened at that meeting before anyone from ukraine has. i think in general putin is looking at what has happened in the united states, he is seeing s l the chaos, we are

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov holds a meeting with donald trump in the white house with a focus on nuclear nonproliferation and global security. meanwhile as democrats go all in on impeachment the u.s. president claims the russian collusion case was also an attempt to overthrow him plus. the. protesters in france take a stand against pension reforms ahead of a speech by the prime minister on the issue. from out of moscow studio where it's currently just pass through the morning this is off the international welcome to the program. now in a rare visit to the u.s. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has helped talks with president trump and secretary of state might compare donald trump describe the talks is very good and said he wants more dog loek with russia reports on the early a meeting with pump air. from the outset it became clear how much room for improvement there is in the relations between russia and the united states for instance one of the cases election meddling the secretary of state might bump a way has been very adamant that any interference in america's rel

donald trump says he looks forward to more dialogue with russia after meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov at the white house nuclear arms reduction was a key focus on those talks are meeting with u.s. officials triggered a wave of democrats accusations of trumped russian leaks in the foreign minister brushed off as if. he might as well throw his asians against russian diplomats involving the case with the athletes and call for our criminal bill. which doesn't pushes forward with its new pension reform which has already led to days of mass demonstrations civil unrest and strike action. a very good morning to you you're watching r.t. international with me. our top story this hour a suicide bombers detonated his car outside one of america's main military outposts in afghanistan at the airfield local media report a powerful blast hit a medical facility located in the immediate vicinity of the airbase is main gate at this point is unclear if there are any casualties initial reports however suggested the suicide bomber had targeted a u.s. military convoy the american officials have rejected tho

welcome back the russian delegation headed by the foreign minister sergey lavrov visited washington on tuesday but the irritation of the democrats the u.s. president however seemed quite happy about the visit. just had a very good meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov and representatives of russia discussed many items including trade iran north korea i never treaty nuclear arms control and election meddling look forward to continuing the dialogue in the near future versus foreign minister discussions with the u.s. secretary of state the issue of alleged election in meddling was raised but the meeting wasn't all about us russia disagreements as if used on of explains. from the outset it became clear how much room for improvement there is in the relations between russia and the united states one of the cases election meddling the secretary of state might bump a way has been very adamant that any interference is unacceptable by a foreign power to which russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov stressed that all such accusations still exist in the realm of speculation you suggested sim

in a rare visit to the united states russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has held talks with sex to state my pompei but underneath the smiles and the pleasantries it was clear the 2 locked horns on several issues. from the outset it became clear how much room for improvement there is in the relations between russia and the united states for instance one of the cases election meddling the secretary of state my campaign has been very adamant that any interference in america's relations is unacceptable by a foreign power to which russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov stressed that all such accusations still exist in the realm of speculation. it was for meddling or not is suggested to simply read the moon reports we read it there is no proof of any collusion. also has repeatedly said that russia is ready to release full transcripts as to what was said by the russians and by the members of the trump team via a special communication channel that had been established back in 2618 but according to the russian foreign minister those attempts to make those transcripts see the light of da

president says he looks forward to more dialogue with russia after meeting with foreign minister sergei lavrov at the white house visit however triggered more speculation about supposed secrets from moscow links something. against russian diplomats. with the athletes and for our criminal liability. this is r.t. and. a suicide attack has detonated a car bomb outside one of the main u.s. military outposts in afghanistan the attack comes not long after surprise thanksgiving visit to that same base local media reports say that the powerful blasted a medical facility close to the base is main gate at least 2 people were killed more than 70 injured according to local sources shootout quickly followed being reported 3 of the attackers remain at large 3 others have been killed and another captured local t.v. channel says the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. u.s. president visited that air base in late november thanksgiving speaking to the military personnel that from struck up big time. with the help in the devotion everyone. has given here tonight america is winning again we are win

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov published its internal correspondence with moscow on claims of meddling in the 26th. among many other pressing issues. and this is. the day after the 1st meeting with ukrainian counterpart russia's president has voiced his fear of a massacre of kiev takes back control of the east of ukraine without guarantees for the citizens safety. the mc law hasn't been put in place yet we decided on that in 2015 some decisions have been made but it hasn't been put into force the ukrainian side is always saying let us close the border without force i can imagine what happens then srebrenica nothing more was all handsets and smiles yesterday at the summit press conference a lot of progress made the sticking point there of course remains that handover a full control of the ukrainian russian border to ukrainian forces why is this a problem well putin is concerned that president the lens he lacks the ability lacks the power to take control and accountability for right wing paramilitary forces stationed in the region he of course came to power on a platform of unit

business i'll see you then . 60 state meets the russian foreign minister in the white house and sergey lavrov challenges the u.s. to publish its correspondence with moscow on claims of meddling in the 26th election. but this is in france take a stand against pension reforms ahead of a speech by the prime minister on the issue. democrats go all in on impeachment of the us president claims think russia collusion case was also on the road. either one where you are you watching out international choice even if i say so. in a rare visit to the united states russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has held talks with the secretary of state but underneath the smiles and pleasantries it was clear that the 2 lot talks on several issues. reports from the outset it became clear how much room for improvement there is in the relations between russia and the united states for instance one of the cases election meddling the secretary of state might pump a way has been very adamant that any interference in america's relations is unacceptable by a foreign power to which russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov

military aid to our ally, ukraine, trump met with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov in the oval office. this isn't their first meeting, of course, and during their previous meeting in 2017 the president reportedly revealed highly classified information to lavrov and the former russian

couple of slovakia dozens of top diplomats in attendance including the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he's just begun speaking to the media and promised let's listen sure bonds security at the expense of someone else's security. and it was also agreed that beside this state. state participants the dialogue would always include sub regional organizations as well those which are in the your atlantic region and that is the c.i.s. the council of europe the c.s.u. another's attempts have been made to start the dialogue in the ninety's but afterwards our western colleagues those who initiated these brosius these declarations which were adopted right after the soviet union collapsed they. decided not to follow through and they are categorical about car defying the

yet, there was sergei lavrov striding up and falsely insisting there was no evidence russia interfered in the 2016 election. i'm now joined by john hudson who asked lavrov this today. >> as you mentioned, you said you would like to see the u.s. come forward with information about election meddling. why not just read the mueller report? it's very detailed when it comes to u.s. allegations related to meddling in the 2016 election. >> and joining me now is john hudson. you got a fair amount of yadda, yadda, yadda from lavrov in a long answer there. >> yeah, the first thing he said is i read the mueller report and the mueller report doesn't say anything about collusion. now, of course it is true that mueller didn't end up establishing a conspiracy between the russians and the trump campaign. at the same time the special counsel indicted several russians for election interference, and there's an incredible level of detail about the cyber intrusion that fbi investigators and justice department officials looked into. and so when he says there's absolutely no evidence that the u.s. sent over,

well that was sergey lavrov and again he's right behind those walls so he could deliver that message to my pump aoe directly now but iran is far from the only country in the whole of latin america with countries like venezuela or a bolivia where moscow and washington again don't see eye to eye one washington is supporting the uprisings and moscow is saying that it is a grab of power take it to the middle east to the situation in syria to the situation in ukraine that to the hiking to the most recent hacking scandal that russia is being accused of being behind and of course the rest of the diplomatic properties here in washington russia's diplomatic property all of that and not even mentioning the impeachment proceedings here in the united states so it does loke that this day is going to be packed with events and at least with statements that something is bound to come out of it with sergey lavrov meeting both with my pump donald trump ok to wrap things up for this news are appreciated company here on an international updates coming your way in 30 minutes. in this emergency 268 q this

kind that clashed as to how they see the moving forward for instance the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has again said that the countries could use the start treaty that had been signed back in 2010 but might bump a has made it. clear what the united states don't like about that deal. agreement that was entered into many years ago when powers were very different on a relative basis around the globe. it was at a time that the weapons systems the threats were very different than they are today too so we believe not only do the conversations need to be broadened to include the chinese communist party it was year was that the russian president spoke again about russia's preparedness right now to agree on its extension to alleviate tensions in the global community given that the last instrument of arms control between the united states and russia will stop operating we are prepared to do that even today on the other hand circular labral has reiterated that russia has been making unilateral steps of good faith for instance the russian president had previously said that russia wasn't going to

just had a very good meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov and representatives of russia discussed many items including trade iran north korea and if treaty nuclear arms control and election meddling look forward to continuing the dialogue in the near future the russian foreign minister also held talks with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei on the issue of alleged selection meddling was raised but the meeting wasn't all about u.s. russia disagreements as he goes on off explains. from the outset it became clear how much room for improvement there is in the relations between russia and the united states for instance one of the cases election meddling the secretary of state mike pompei was being very adamant that any interference in america's relations is unacceptable by a foreign power to which russia's foreign minister. this circular lab are of stress that all such accusations still exist in the realm of speculation initially when you finish it now as for meddling or not you suggested simply to read the mulla report we did and in it there is no proof of any collusion sergey la

trump met with foreign minister sergey lavrov of russia. do you believe that president trump in his meeting with the russian foreign minister today sternly warned him against any russian attempts to interfere in u.s. elections? you think president trump actually did that, actually issued that warning to russia? well, the foreign minister mr. lavrov was asked about that by reporters after his meeting with president trump, and regardless of whatever was in that white house read out lavrov immediately shut that down. >> mr. lavrov edward long from "the new york times." the white house just put out a staung about your meeting with president trump saying that the president did warn about -- warn you not to interfere in u.s. election and also urged you to try and settle your conflict or the situation with ukraine. i was just wondering if you did discuss these two items and if so can you tell us about the discussion? >> translator: well, you know, we haven't actually discussed elections. regarding ukraine i briefed both secretary of state and the

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classified information with them as kylie atwood reports. >> reporter: russian foreign minister sergey lavrovday. >> translator: it is an open seekts that we have different views on different things. >> reporter: lavrov sought to distance russia from the debunked theory that ukraine interfered in the 2016 election a russian narrative trumpeted by the president and his allies. >> translator: as for ukraine and elections in the 2016, it has nothing to do with us. that is an issue for two sovereign states. >> reporter: pompeo stood firm not letting russia off the hook for interference when the u.s. intelligence community overwhelmingly concluded they committed. >> we think we shared plenty of facts that show what happened in the 2016 election with our russian counter parts. we don't think there is any mistake about what really transpired there. >> reporter: now after meetings here at state department, lavrov went over to the white house where he met with president trump for about an hour today. jake, it is very noteworthy that the russians got a white house meeting today because that is the one

the russian prime minister sergey lavrov journeyed to washington d.c. this. week for the 1st time in 2 and a half years his last visit back in may 2017 u.s. president donald trump was knee deep in controversy during his last visit which came on the heels of the president's firing of been a p.r. director james komi and now my friends it seems trump has found self once again deep in the middle of controversy during the russian prime minister's visit with articles of impeachment being filed against him or to america's great blog and joins us now from the russian embassy with more on this story rachel bacon for coming up. thank you for having me and i just wrapped up the press conference here with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov after his closed door meeting with president trump so 'd i want to ask what was the i mean one of the biggest things that they were talking about at this press conference were released going into it with the big you know rumor mill one capital was was the future of arms control treaties between russia and the u.s. you know what was

esoafter all that russian foreign minister sergey lavrov was back in the united states today.ot gotten his white house meeting. it's one of it things trump withheld while trying to extort a ukraine president to do his political dirty work. yet there was sergey lavrov striding up and falsely insisting there was no evidence russia interfered in the 2016 election. >> as you mentioned you would like to see the u.s. come forward with information about election meddling. why not just read the mueller report? it's very detailed when it comes to u.s. allegations related to meddling in the 2016 election. >> and joining me now is hudson. you've got a fair amount of yada from lavrov. >> and the first thing he said is i read the mueller report and the report doesn't say anything about cupluchlgz it's of course true mueller didn't end up establishing a conspiracy between the russians and the trump campaign. at the same time the special counsel indicted several russians for election interference, and there's an incredible level of detail about the cyber intrusion that fbi investigators and

earlier at the state department, mike pompeo and sergey lavrov said there conversation spanned the globe, but it was the 2016 u.s. election and allegations that russia interfered in it that provoked some tough talk. a flat denial from sergey lavrov who repeatedly said the white house was refusing to release correspondence to prove their innocence. >> we read the mueller report. there is no proof of any collision. for the fourth time now, our suggestion is to publish that data that would show how russia responded through a special channel to review threats and cyber networks to show how russia responded, to show how we suggested how to discuss this confidentially. >> we will publish all the documents we think appropriate. we share plenty of facts, we don't think there is any mistake about what really transpired there. hadertics say tough works send a toughs here message. receivingld not be the foreign minister of russia over a meal at the state department. it rewards their bad behavior. it rewards the kind of thatption in our democracy russia has been engaged in and it will lead to more.

a georgian national in berlin in august calling such allegations baseless its foreign minister sergei lavrov drew parallels on thursday between the escalating scandal and the dawning of m.h. 17 arguing the blame is again being unfairly pinned on moscow with more on what we know here is maria from russia. relations between moscow and barely now going drastically downhill germany's unexpected decision to expel 2 russian embassy staffers on wednesday has left more scope fuming angela merkel complained russia didn't do enough to have ceased tame the investigation into the murder of a georgian national back in august and now barely says there is real and sufficient indication that russia was behind it i asked russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov for his response in the us he is going to. russia and germany have special channels set up to tackle issues such as violations of the law we should use them they said we did not cooperate enough this is groundless some countries today recalled the tragedy of m.h. 17 my dutch counterpart said we didn't do enough then we supplied them with all the necess

and we've been listening to russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov for just outlining his meeting with the u.s. president donald trump among the issues discussed a possible extension of a new start treaty or they agree to take steps to deescalate tensions in the persian gulf discussed sandwiching denuclearization of the korean peninsula. in other news crowds have rallied in paris against president plans to overhaul the pension system more than a dozen arrests were made recent days the country see violent protests in several cities reporting from the french capital his. well as you can see we are in the thick of it the country is trying to deliver their message to the government just one day before it now says their final plans for the pension reform in france although we did hear from the country's prime minister that for them for now there is no intention to change their plans if we don't make serious profound and progressive reforms date someone else will make much more brutal reform tomorrow i hope that we can convince a majority of french people that our reform is fair it is univer

we've just got in a photograph of president trump meeting with the foreign minister sergey lavrov.time they met was may of 2017 right after the president had fired his fbi director james comey. he picks his days certainly to come to washington. >> bret: rich admin live at the state department. the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today whether insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the obamacare law. companies contend they are entitled to the money under a provision that promised the company's financial cushion for losses they might incur by selling coverage to people in the marketplaces created by obamacare. stocks were down today. the dow lost 28. the s&p 500 finished off three. the nasdaq dropped six. in tonight's democracy 2020 report, big changes were democratic presidential candidate elizabeth warren. many see the move as a response to fading paul numbers. just weeks before the first ballots are cast in iowa. what a road trip tonight for one of the contenders. peter doocy has the latest from los an

is real and sufficient indication that russia was behind it i asked russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov for his response in those years ago and. russia and germany have special channels set up to tackle issues such as violations of the law we should use them they said we did not cooperate enough this is groundless some countries today recalled the tragedy of m.h. 17 my dutch counterpart said we didn't do enough then we supplied them with all the necessary information with data from our radars and so on we gave them everything where other satellite images to us promised nobody answered that we asked them what kind of cooperation they want from us they responded by saying you have to confess you did it that would be corporative if germany wants to follow suit nothing good will come of it that's not a good way to deal with anyone and with russia in particular is in him 100 was a 40 year old georgian citizen of chechen origin he was targeted in a berlin park on his way to a mosque with eyewitnesses saying he was shot in the head and chest by a man on a bicycle he's murder was then dubbed by

welcome back russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov is in washington d.c. for a working visit the country's top diplomat is meeting secretary of state my compare and likely president trump as well to go live now to ours easier for the details here what is expected from this visit. well jackie to quote circle of of himself he doesn't expect anything in fact he says that russia just comes here to washington to deliver its position to make known to make the united states to make sure that the united states is aware as to what russia thinks in fact he has just met with the pump a all he is meeting with his counterpart right now as i speak if you look behind me this is the building of the state department and if you zoom in on to be top floor behind those very walls the 2 ministers are sitting there right now and in the form of a business lunch they are well they have plenty to discuss that's for sure and arguably topping the agenda is the situation about the i.m.f. deal or rather about its nonexistence anymore the i.n.f. treaty of course i'm talking about it wa