on monday that open ended surge of troops and money to the country in a major u. turn on his election promises even headed to a result of to speak in front of his supporters but was met with protests outside the venue. police film about area to prevent unrest with smoke bombs and fireworks being thrown at them hundreds came out to protest more than a week off of the deadly violence in charlottesville and the president's controversial remarks on the role of hate groups truck defended his response during the rowdy pulling out the neo nazis racial tensions have intensified in recent days it seems they've overshadowed trumps the solution to drag the country into a dead end war. explains. the way president donald trump is portrayed you think he is an evil leader the likes of which america has never seen shadow of moscow seems to haunt president trump the world's shining light of democracy as one of the most radical inaugural speeches take a look at what some of the neo nazis are saying about his speech. even terms announcement of a new afghan strategy was skewed to supp

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excepting the will let and vote of people in those countries. all the regional players. main invitation for all regional countries and other hearts of the world to join the political initiative in order to put an end to the slaughter in that sector and and homelessness. to get these two countries with huge andn colossal manpower, natural resources and a special geographical location is prepared for cooperation with your countries in advance with shared interests. country is not against any will only helpnd peace and security in and across the region. i hope this event and your meaningful presence therein, the leaders and high-ranking officials from all over the world, o it will be a new beginning for further promotion and enhancement aligned with interest of our people and peace region andy in the across the region. at the end, i wish you a pleasurable and memorable stay in our endeared country. blessings be upon you. [applause] >> the religious institutes -- the daylong event features experts on radicalization and islamic the elegy. it is like monday at 10:00 a.m. easter

what we will be rolling out nationally with the rollout across the country is what's called the eight video connect the va video connect allows va providers to use mobile devices to connect with veterans on their mobile devices or their home computers. that's a big deal. currently, we use be a video connect with over 300 providers at 67 of our hospital or clinic's across the country, but that is beginning to roll out nationally and one more thing, mr. president, we will be announcing a new technology called the veteran appointment request. that is allowing the veteran on their smart phone to be able to schedule their appointments directly with the va providers or to change their appointment or cancel their appointment with the va providers. today this is available in all 18 of our regions across the country and we have already booked more than 4000 appointments from veterans directly from their smart phone so they can schedule their own appointment, but now, we are announcing the national rollout and if it veterans want see and get the veterans appointment request you can see in our w

it's still the lifeblood of the country today. n, but don't forget you can follow us wherever we are in the world byjoining our social media feeds. all of the details are on your screens now. but from me and the rest of the team here in bangkok, thailand, it's goodbye. good evening. it's been a bit of a mixed picture through the weekend. we had temperatures as high as 23 degrees in the south—east during sunday but further north and west, low pressure dominating things, so that area of low pressure stays with us as we head through tonight and into monday as well. three zones of whether through this evening and tonight. three zones of weather through this evening and tonight. to the south and south—east mainly clear and dry. further north we have that weather front bringing rain across parts of the south—west of england, south wales and through the midlands as well, and to the north of that, for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, clear spells tonight and some scattered showers as well. heading through monday, we've got

operations after falling victim to saudi bombing campaign the story of many children suffering in the country. warning from the live from moscow thanks for joining us. the u.n. is raising the reports conducted by the u.s. led coalition killed dozens of civilians in the syrian city of raka. our humanitarian colleagues tell us they're deeply concerned by unconfirmed reports of a high number of civilians killed by airstrike in iraq a city over the last twenty four hours yesterday unconfirmed reports indicate that over thirty people were reportedly killed in the us keeney neighborhood while eight internally displaced people from the same family were killed in a separate attack in another part of the city these attacks if confirmed are shocking reminder that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in many parts of syria. has got off to a middle east correspondent guys the thanks for joining us just bring us up to speed what exactly are the latest developments in iraq. well at first it was a mere rumor the u.s. led coalition had missed again bombing a house filled with civilians leavin

it is about politics in that the political rhetoric in this country today has breeded bigotry. athered in the city for a planned rally. brawling broke out as far—right groups, including the ku klux klan, were challenged by civil rights activists. the police dispersed the crowds, but the day would not end peacefully. a car, at speed, rammed into protesters. the crash killed 32—year—old heather heyer, who had fought racism all her life. police have charged 20—year—old james fields with second—degree murder. one of the organisers of the far—right rally tried to hold a press conference. he was heckled, almost drowned out. i would like to condemn any of the violence that happened yesterday. i disavow anything that led to folks getting hurt. crowd: shame, shame, shame... as the crowd shouted him down, he tried to leave, but instead he was forced to flee. police moved in to keep the protesters back. these people feel that bigotry has no place in the streets of charlottesville. but this could be any town, any city across america. it is an example of the simmering racial tension, and tha

what part of the country do we suspect will have the best view of this thing? >> the best view? mean, pick a spot, oregon. casper, wyoming. my brother lives in anderson, south carolina. i told him, go outside and see this. because it is going to be ideal in western south carolina. nashville looks great. really, so many places will see ideal conditions. >> all right. and this will be the last one we get like this until, what, 2024, is that right? >> yes. that won't be coast to coast. it will be like texas to maine. >> all right. dylan dreyer, good to have you around for the course of the afternoon. trying to contain yourself. >> let me go outside ask see this thing! >> no, you can't leave. you can't leave. dylan, thank you. we'll come back in a moment and get back to all of our correspondents in just a few moments, as well. it is right now, though, 1:00 on the east coast. that means we are roughly 20 minutes away from folks in mad res, oregon, becoming some of the first to experience what happens when the moon completely covers the sun. this will be the first total eclipse visibl

the country -- the 1950's? the country is divided, and 2/3 of republicans say things have changed for the worse and 2/3 of democrats say things have changed for the better. this is orienting our politics less around liberal/conservative lines, and more around what people make of the demographic and cultural changes in the country. how do you define -- what do you think makes up white nationalism? there are some that say it is a group of people who relate to have supremacy, or who anti-semitic views. but they are also populist. how do you view it? guest: i think we are in the soup right now if trying to understand these groups. they are complex, factional, splintering. i think there is not one umbrella. youaw in charlotte, if tried to decode all the symbols, signs, and flax people were carrying in charlottesville -- there were neo-nazis. there were white identity people, white supremacists. there were older groups like the kkk. i think what holds them together is the feeling of threat, of ownership -- that white

we can start providing for the country so of the that we can become, turn into a country that can provide for industrial development so we're building that is the state we're at right now, building dams, highways, and this ill help us to in the fourth state, self-reliance stage, we will start developing our minds, resources that afghanistan has and start all of that we have developed over the past 16 capital and the institution institutional base we have turn afghanistan into a self-reliant and country.s host: let's get to calls. herndon. go ahead, john. this is ou keep saying not afghan war. it is afghan war. it, spent a lot of money in that country. this, no m line is afghan person lost their country to stand what they believe. work out your own problems, no one will -- you solve it, we will afghanistan, we spent a lot of money. f you go back, most of the millionaires living in dubai afghanistan, richest in the area right now, if we something about your country, nothing can be done. mentioning this is -- it's not. out your ave to work own problems, enough is enough, unless you solve and

>> some countries like china, traditionally supply the country, a lot of immigrants, countries like the uk or european countries, it was shorter but complex process. >> could your sister come over before that 14 years is up to visit? >> she got home to visit but it is -- to go to school, schools waiting, it is nonimmigrant so to say she has to find a job i have that. >> host: helen raleigh, what would you like to do, the broken system, how would you like to change it? >> there were several solutions, to make the system simpler, the roadmaps nobody could decipher, when you have a complex law, a federal judge joked our immigration law is so complex, it is more complex than the tax code. our tax code is pretty complex. increases the wait time. they don't have means to go through the process. the second thing is we need to change from family reunion base to marriage based, focus on marriage. we have a need for it but we should have canadian style, australians kyle, skill-based, married focused immigration system that doesn't give premise to family but practiced people who have skills, knowl

the people in this country begin to speak out. to our government demanding that they stop these aggressive military war games and base expansion on the korean peninsula united states is destroying communities in places like songs you were a new missile defense system is going and that is a key element in u.s. first try to attack planning and then in jeju island just off the mainland of south korea a navy base has been built destroying a five hundred year old fishing and farming community support us with maybe warships as part of this pivot into the asia pacific that is that we're told is to prevent a war with north korea but in fact i believe north korea is ultimately a foil the united states does not fear north korea north korea only has four nuclear warheads today while the united states has six thousand eight hundred so this whole pivot is actually being aimed at russia and china but the pentagon doesn't want to come to the american people and say oh look we want to move sixty percent of our military forces into the asia pacific

we're going to do this across the country. because by the time you get from now to carbondale, you'll get to see those dancing lights around the edge of that shadow, longer. and that's what's exciting about this as we watch across the country. again, something you'll see tomorrow in video, but you'll see it live today. >> i think we just achieved totality. did i just get totality there? no? we're not sure how we lost the camera. >> look like it bumped there. a lot of people are shooting through -- >> we're back. it's rude to talk over a total solar eclipse. we heard the same thing in oregon that we are hearing in casper, wyoming. when totality is achieved, you can hear the thousands of people who have been camping out here who have assembled to watch this show in the sky. they erupt in cheering there. >> did you see what looks like a 360-degree sunset also? >> are we going to see that all afternoon, as well? >> during the total eclipse. >> this is casper, wyoming, right now, by the way, folks. casper, wyoming, 11:43 a.m. and th

the mudslide and flash floods have shaken this country. and a devastating ebola outbreak. now thousands have lost everything. the headlines on bbc news: brexit secretary, david davis, says the government wants to negotiate a temporary customs union with the eu for when the uk leaves. the actions of kensington and chelsea council will be examined as part of the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. at least 80 people died when a fire quickly spread through the tower block in june. president trump has again blamed both sides for the violence in virginia over the weekend, accusing what he called "alt—left" activists of attacking white nationalists. millions of rail passengers are facing the biggest rise in train fares for five years. tickets are going up by 3.6% in january, because of a rise in the rate of inflation. the increases will affect season tickets, so—called "anytime tickets" and some off—peak fares. unions have called it a kick in the teeth for passengers. our transport correspondent richard westcott has the story. quick

michael says these reforms are vital to stamping out the country's rampant unemployment. which is stuck at nine point five percent. more than double that of the uk and germany. but he will face stiff opposition from hardline unions like the cgt. which is called for nationwide protests on september twelfth. will contact you from day heroes citron moos said to noah alfie is well founded. this is a law that will not fix the issue of unemployment. you there is no link between labor rights and decreasing unemployment a hopeful tone it's a law that will favor big business is not small and medium businesses. so that my car is not the first french president to attempt labor reform. his predecessors jacques chirac tried twice. but ended up blocking after mass protests. for so long tried to he was met with strikes fuel blockages and petrol shortages that effectively froze the entire country in two thousand sixteen. micron's advantages that this time trade unions have not put up a united front. the moderate cft t. union and the hard left forcibly ever. both expressed disappointment w

>> you mentioned that you don't want these types of people in the country. the department of justice has opened up a civil rights investigation. attorney general jeff sessions was very clear that this is not tolerable. they're going to look at this with the pull extent of the law, and if there are convicontwn the white premacistsho drove a car into a crowd wh the intention of hurting or killing them, that will send a message we need. again i emphasize what happened this weekend is not a representation of america. it is the opposite of what we represent, and the vast majority of the country has condemned this in a way we should be uniting around. steve: thank you very much for putting it so clearly. appreciate that. thanks for that discussion. >>> coming up later, swamp watch, investigates the u.s., saudi arabia relationship. >>> plus has google become the latest on the firing of the tech engineer who spoke out against diversity? >>> and the elite telling you how to live while protecting their own privilege? we expose the hypocrisy next. you won't want to miss

but the country remains divided and the country is at another crossroads. er, but with political tensions running high, it's unclear whether he can remain president of the country until the 2019 elections. stay with us on bbc news. much more to come, including the america couple who decided to swap charleston, south carolina for halifax, nova scotia after donald trump's election victory. now the journey north begins. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millenium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: north korea says its considering missile strikes near the us pacific airbase

that rate is the highest among oecd countries. mothers go through these operations? is it by choice or by necessity? the increase of caesarean sections are due to a range of factors, including the rise of the first births among older women, and multiple births resulting from ivf treatment. but are all of these ca esa rea n treatment. but are all of these caesarean sections medically justified? five years ago, turkey adopted a law making it the first country to punish elective caesarean sections, but it still has one of the highest rates of c sections among developed economies. doctors say the reasons for that are many, but that it is not about money. we don't do more than we do see section asa don't do more than we do see section as a doctor. the hospitals, yes, maybe. of course. but they don't push the doctors. if the patients as that, i am push the doctors. if the patients as that, iam really push the doctors. if the patients as that, i am really afraid of having a natural birth, so what can i do as a doctor? most turkish women

nasa has a lot of places across the country. starting in salem oregon, and moving all the way down to charleston. in wyoming,es idaho, nebraska, missouri, and kentucky. so, what you need to do is go to nasa.gov.7. go to the education outreach locations, as well as all the different people who have registered their events, to share with nasa and share with everyone in the country, about what is going on. are a lot of unofficial sites as well as other ones that nasa is helping to support, and promote. typese a total of eight of things happening in that area, phenomenal things happening. i want to make sure you go to the website to get the specific details. and charleston, that will be eclipse central. that is what we are calling it right now, but charleston will be our home base. .gov/eclipse.com. with us at to follow nasa, we can give you specifics, but there are lots of things across the country, particularly in western kentucky. phone foreign -- any calls before go to jason? chelsea, on the phone. i have a question for angela. s

what can be done to calm the country's racial unrest. >>> and shocking words. president trump faces bipartisan backlash for his reaction to the violence at a neo-nazi demonstration in charlottesville. >> i think there's blame on both sides. >> did the president's words embolden white supremacists. the. >> then steve bannon out. now the trump insider vows to go to war using a far right website as his weapon. who is he going to war against? >> hello i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is still realing seven days after the deadly violence in charlottesville. a much calmer scene in boston. of police estimating 40,000 protesters almost all of them pea peaceful. antipolice agitators, but then an hour later change was made in his tweet, ". i want to applaud the many protesters in boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. our country will soon come together as one." it was a much different response p than the one we saw earlier in the week when he refused to place blame solely for the violence and hatred on the groups of hateful bigots

the european union, and a south american grouping of countries. idespread agreement that it was tampered with. the president has said that a lot of the problems are constitutional, and could be fixed with the new assembly. many others are external, and the government's fault. adieu respond to that? it is not a problem that the country has to do the constitution. —— how do you. this is a graduate the largest concentration of oil in the world, and all sites of riches and minerals. that was completely destroyed in 20 years of government, first by hugo chavez, and then nicolas maduro. price controls on all sorts of interferences and crazy policies that make no sense, and huge corruption explain that. there is nothing in the current constitution which, by the way, when drafted and promoted by hugo chavez, that creates problems, and there will not be a constitutional solution to the problems of corruption and the collapse of the entire state in terms of its capacity to provide health and citizen safety. with your experience in the country, what do you fe

highlights the country's. erasing security. right on the issues an arrest warrant for its former prime minister this. election a lot. was a no show at a hearing. to another subject criminal trials. also coming up the phone susie menu in math class. it's out of poland saying the country's opposition to his plans to change the rules. principal vincent lacus. isolating will say from europe so joining us. we saw with afghanistan like almonds still negotiate mosque in the capital kabul worship this went friday france. one man even threw himself upon at the entranc. according to officials some thirty six people were killed when a new. including women and children of the islamic state group. which has launched several attacks against the shea minorities hundreds in afghanistan. has claimed responsibility. worshippers in kabul attending friday afternoon prayers were panicked and distraught. after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a shiite mosque. many were injured and dozens including the cleric were killed. gunmen too

the blog. poland's a big country the major player.and of course if the no in cheating with the european paul those there's going to be problems further down the law and of course the solution themselves from the big players in the european union specifically the journals in the french of course they resent they feel as if they are the germans and the french and so on and they're very skeptical of the policies being pursued by the european union. of the migration for example but of course the opinion has got lots of other problems to resolve. the poles may dislike the european union but they get an awful lot of money from them and if they leave the bloc then the left the money from somewhere else germany's pound the website of radical left wing activists will have the reasons behind that for you after the break. seem wrong. just don't. get to shape out distinct. and it. equals betrayal. when so many find themselves while the party weak she still look for common ground . the feeling of. every the world experience. and you get it on the

we are running the country for the last 21 months.ve got a very strong democratic mandate from our people in poland. and we are trying still to modernise the country, develop the country, and, of course, to stay in the european union and in nato and implement all the decisions of these institutions, also here in poland. after the fall of the soviet union, poland was seen as a bastion of liberal democracy. we had lech walesa, leader of the solidarity movement — he became president and won the nobel peace prize. the world bank heaped praise on poland for making the most successful transition from communism to democracy. and now look — you are getting criticisms from abroad, and also internally, for being too authoritarian and liberal. we are still a democratic country, and we want to continue our democratic process. but we want democracy without any objectives. i live long enough, so i had to live in a democracy with objectives, like a socialist democracy. we are living next to the country that is trying to create a sovereign democracy,

this is a moment in speaking to the country as the president of the whole country. t as the commander-in-chief. if he were to take that tone tomorrow into yuma, arizona and on to the veterans of foreign affairs or american legion convention the following day, that's the tone that brings the trump presidency up to historic proportions. tonight he did it as close to perfectly as he could. there's another part i'm proud of him and i think it's hard to imagine how difficult it is. he's a very strong willed person. he said i normally historically do what is my first instinct but says being president changes things. he had the courage to stop and pick the right advisors and listen to those advisors and ultimately go down a trail that was not the one he thought six or eight months ago he was going on and to be honest with the american people what he was doing. this is one of the most honest national security speeches of my life time. i think the president deserves enormous credit for the way he approached it and the way he thought it through. for the precision of what he sa

the countries have been feuding over a disputed border area sincejune. m a blue whale found dead on the shores of a river in newfoundland and labrador province three years ago. the organ measures 1.5 metres with a thickness ofjust over a metre. it would have weighed at least 180 kilograms before removal. while visitors to the royal 0ntario museum get a chance to view the preserved heart close up, the discovery will help scientists understand more about the blue whale's physiology. a village in derbyshire is hosting the 29th world hen races. highly trained chickens are released at the start to see who is the fastest. we will take a look. no, disqualified! disqualified! well, what an eggcellent event that was. couldn't make it up. this is bbc news. hello there. after a fairly mixed weekend weatherwise, our rather unsettled spell of august weather is set to continue this week. this is how we ended sunday. some clear skies there in cambridgeshire, captured by one of our weather watchers, but we've still got low pressure in charge of things. sat to the north—w

the american president by committing to increase the country's military spending. thanks for joining us this hour you're watching international. tensions between rival pro free speech and anti rallies have pulled over in the u.s. city of seattle after police moved in with purpose spray and stun grenades to disperse protesters. i i i. i. i. i. i have a conservative rally was organized by. a group called patriot prayer builders a supporter of free speech was confronted by counter protesters who were shouting insults before riot police. group of demonstrators attempted to force their way through the barricades some of them through fireworks and stones forty people have been arrested. with the seattle scuffles came just one day after street brawls at a white nationalist rally in virginia turned deadly when a car rammed a crowd of counter protesters and in the latest developments a twitter campaign is now underway to try and find out who took part in the the right rally one person already losing his job for attending america and has more on the division in us society rec

we had companies coming back into the country. in wisconsin, just announced. many country -- companies pouring back into the country, it will have a huge, positive impact on race relationships. they want great jobs with good pay. relationshow race will be and we are spending a lot of money on the inner cities. we are fixing the inner cities. it is a priority for me and it is very important. host: the you think that is a direct relation where automatically race relations improve? 100%. when people take responsibility, they feel happy. absolutely. iat is fascinating, you know, have never seen a man wash a rented car. my colleague and i still go back and forth on who said it first. i think it was senator phil gramm. i have never seen a man watch a rented car. you have a majority community saying why are they burning down their community? they are not they don't own it. that is why it is important the tax code is correct and that we have tax reform to get this pressure off of corporations. in the hard-hit communities, reduce it to 5%. that is why it is important we

worker in spain is separated by the straits of gibraltar and the sea route between the countries has become a favorite for those seeking to reach europe. plus there are two spanish enclaves in morocco which are frequently been stoned by my critics. the popularity of the root continues to group spain has seen a three fold increase in refugee numbers since last year. i don't think just morocco i think it's over north africa is a problem but yes i mean there are a lot of moroccans in the u.k. there of markings throughout europe and some of them are obvious i mean radicalize the countries as well world but i think the problem is east very close to europe so it's a monday so much easier transit point and they remember there are large numbers of americans living in a europe so obvious say that that may have something to do with it. the spain attacks clearly demonstrated radicalization is getting younger but in belgium employees of one kindergarten have reported signs of islamic radicalization even among toddlers sold in was said to have made death threats to unbelievers calling them pigs an

injune, a police commando stole a helicopter and threw grenades at the country's supreme court. atest uprising, while short—lived, may offer a glimmer of hope to those leading daily protests, that some soldiers, as well as civilians, share the discontent against president maduro. in his address to the nation, the man himself looked far from concerned. translation: i want to congratulate the armed forces for the immediate reaction they had against the terrorist attack. a week ago we beat them with votes and today we beat the terrorism with bullets. all this on the weekend venezuela's new constituent assembly held its first session after last sunday's controversial vote. it was justified as the only way to unite this divided country. so far, there's little sign of that goal being achieved. greg dawson, bbc news. china has delivered frank advice to north korea, telling its neighbour to make a smart decision and stop conducting missile launches and nuclear tests. escalating regional tension follows pyongyang's recent long—range ballistic missile tests and the un security council deci

it's still the lifeblood of the country today. you can but don't forget you can follow us wherever we are in the world byjoining our social media feeds. all of the details are on your screens now. but from me and the rest of the team here in bangkok, thailand, it's goodbye. well, no sign of summer for tuesday, or indeed the rest of this week. it's going to be very mixed. it was certainly quite mixed on monday. this was yesterday. some sunshine there in cambridgeshire. we also had some rain at henley—on—thames in 0xfordshire. tuesday will be no different. a real mixed bag on the way. brollies at the ready. you can see how extensive the cloud is right now across the southern half of the uk. through the night, rain from the south—west across the midlands into lincolnshire. even here there could be downpours and cracks of thunder. in the north it will be clearer. quite a stark temperature contrast tonight. these are the towns and cities. look at the rural spots. six degrees in southern scotland, even in the sheltered glens, barely abo

the country is booming. the stock market is setting record. we have the highest employment numbers we have ever had in the history of our country. we are doing record business. we have the highest levels of enthusiasm so the head of walmart, who i know, a very nice guy, was making a political statement. i would do it the same way, because i want to make sure when i make a statement that the statement is correct. there was no way of making a correct statement that early. i had to see the facts, unlike a lot of reporters. i didn't know david duke was there. i wanted to see the facts. the facts, as they started coming out, were very well-stated. everybody said his statement was beautiful. if he would have made it sooner, that would have been good. i couldn't have made it sooner, because i didn't know all of the facts. frankly, people still don't know all of the facts. it was very important -- excuse me, excuse me. it was very important to me to get the facts out and correctly. because if i would have made a fast statement and the first statement

and also help them to funnel or also gain foreign currency that goes back into the country. united states e is working on a number of fronts, diplomatically and through economic pressure to get the chinese and russian forceful s to be more and implement more pressure on north korea in a lot of ways.ent host: to give a sense of how is, tive the pressure "u.s.a. today" has story today, regarded as ruthless, not crazy. going up in are pyongyang and luxury goods are stores, the some economy grew 3.9% last year, the largest increase since 1999, according to south korea central bank. guest: i think there are a number of ways the north korean currency, and we see that developments inside the country, new construction of the building are a result of north orea being able to earn currency. unfortunately, north korea is very good at adapting and they a lot of different sanctions that we put in place lready over the last several decades. i think what is important about the new round of sanctions, the direction n of, they are much more -- they re stronger and many more entities we are na

already has the largest telehealth program in the country. last year, we had 700,000 veterans who got telehealth services through the v.a. we can actually do this for 50 different specialties. mr. president, if you take a look at the different specialties on this chart, we can provide telehealth services from teleintensive care to teledentistry. what we're announcing today dramatically expands our current capabilities. by working with the office of american innovation and the department of justice, we are going to be issuing a regulation that allows our v.a. providers to provide telehealth services from anywhere in the country to veterans anywhere in the country, whether it is in their homes or any location. we call it anywhere to anywhere v.a. health care. that is a big deal. just think about this. that means we will be able to use v.a. providers in cities where there are a lot of doctors and use those doctors to help our veterans in rural areas where there are not many health care professionals. you talked about mental health and suicide pre

the. voters elected to businessmen to run this country business it. must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before . i. let's start back in azerbaijan where an explosion has torn through a dormant block in the east of the country resulting in a fire local media reports there have been fatalities although no exact number has been given at this stage medics say that twenty five people including a child are in hospital most are suffering from smoke inhalation the cause of the blast out this stage again is all clear authorities do say though that the blaze is now we will continue to update you throughout the night here in r t on this developing story as we hear more. to afghanistan where the taliban's been stepping up its attacks mainly in the side of the country a series of assaults of the past four days has seen dozens of people killed both soldiers and civilians this spite efforts to eliminate the taliban lasting a decade the terrorists still have a large presence in the nation according to believe this u.s. report for re

actually arrests the ambassadors of three foreign countries. march of elements over the next few hours and possible violent protests on the street again tomorrow. back to you. >> jon: just an unbelievable situation right there. steve harrigan, thanks. >> molly: coming up later, or panel debates just how much the u.s. should get involved in the affairs of venezuela in the wake of president trump's stern warning to president nicholas maduro. >> jon: new information from capitol hill were another battle may be brewing, this time over tax reform. with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell looking to push the bill with republican votes only. democratic leader charles schumer warns that if republicans try to go it alone, tax reform could suffer a similar fate as the obamacare repeal effort. just yesterday, the president bought up the tax overhaul, telling a small business event that it would be one more thing has a administration is doing to help american companies. >> we are eliminating the tremendous, the massive restrictions on american energy and

the mudslide and flash floods have shaken this country. red a bloody civil war and the devastating ebola outbreak. now thousands have lost everything. let's take a look at some of the other stories making making the news. another woman has come forward to say she was sexually assaulted by roman polanski. known only as robin, she claimed at a news conference that she was assaulted by the director when she was 16. she is the third woman to its —— to accuse him of child abuse. the british government has set out its plans for trading with the eu and the rest of the world after brexit. the proposals allow for a temporary deal if it's needed, with the ultimate goal similar to the current free—trade agreement that comes with eu membership. a senior eu figure has dismissed that as fantasy. in colombia, the last truckload of weapons held by the country's former rebels, the farc, has been taken away under un supervision. it's the latest stage of a peace process agreed between the rebels and the government last year and one colombia's president says m

the great fortune in many respects of being thrust into extraordinary circumstances on behalf of the country and also increasing the business of journalism, technology and politics. how we perceive the iraq war was shaped by all those things that in the this time in history we are seeing several profound shifts in the way that people view the media, government and the war itself. why did you put it out now? the ships i mentioned and the the governments ability or the inability to counter them has a great work of thousands of americans who went over to iraq and sacrificed great risk to help create a better future for that country. they do not effectively articulate policy and manage the message they would find themselves unexecuted to sustain the policy. what was lost in the coverage of the worst was the very best of people and what happened during that critical first year after the fall of saddam hussein gives us a glimpse into the imperfection of humanity as well as the very evil that exists in the world in the face of god that can be seen even in our darkest hours. over the last number of

so we can get the expertise from anywhere in the country immediately. the va is able to do this right now. so thank you very much. and so, mr. president, this is how we're expanding access. this is how we're bringing the very best technology available in the country. and really thanks to your help in cutting through the regulation, the office of american innovation, we're ablee to expand access dramatically today and roll this out. >> we are going to go live now to the floor of the u.s. house. they are holding a report from a session. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., august 4, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable andy harris to act as speaker pro tempore on this dayed. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the a prayer will be aurd by the guest chaplain, roger l. story, national children's prayer congress, washington, d.c. the chaplain: heavenly father,

country in the world the twenty eight countries step up and even given something similar to that on his visit to tripoli johnson pledged the u.k.'s continued support for the libyan coast guard service to its being trained by the british royal navy and besides that the coast guard's also been receiving support from several other e.u. countries but kosko has been repeatedly accused of killing in abusing migrants as well as attacking aid workers oxfam's humanitarian campaign manager again says the e.u. support is part of an attempt to close european borders. the u.k. and the european union have for the last couple of years made a concerted effort to shut down borders and we see that happening out of the extreme cost to the individuals who are playing war and persecution and poverty is part of that for them it's simply a matter of shutting it down on paper they say that they're trying to explore other options and open up safe safe routes for people but we really just not seen that happen or we've seen as the shutting down of rates which is left people with really few other options then t

the transactions. you have implication for not only your country, with the kind of characters that come to your country, but to the safety and security of your citizens that are in this country. i can tell you for an outreach, nigeria, you know, you talk about exxonmobil series and talking about the company. maybe it's connected to americans. so if you talk about sales, they can tell to connect the company-- >> to the reputation of the country. >> and also the citizens of the country. >> and the population, right. >> so it's very important that we also start the viewing on the country to-- >> can i check in? because i think part of getting to that space requires that justice is done and i want some p pro-- >> there's more than the business consequence. you mentioned, and if anyone actually knows about this. in this case, you spent five years investigating this and we've filed complaints in six jurisdictions. sure, there are proceeds going by and we'll see where the judicial authorities get to and let's hope that things can go forward. but, you know, i can't really tell you more than that because i thin

they helped build this country, built the white house even and could not take part in this country's success. no voting, no education, no ability to accumulate wealth, no freedom. all the while the white people from all over the world came here for a ber life. once slavery was abolished, 100 years later it's no surprise that people like the ku klux klan took root, they wanted to take their country back or should i say make sure it stayed the same way with black people in chains, enslafed. in case you haven't seen the images, them gathering at the dark of night caring chains, here they are. at least they were wearing hoods then. the racist cowards this weekend feel they have no reason to hide. they showed their faces, perhaps they feel embolden for some reason. if former wii standard of the kkk is david duke and he says yes. >> we are determined to take our country back and fulfill the promises of donald trump. that's why we voted for donald trump because he said he's going to take our country back and that's what we're doing to do. be >> by the way, i know david duke he attended the s

the country becomes extremely unstable where they cannot manage it. the most difficult aspects of the status quo scenario is determining at what point the government file asia and of the december 31 agreement are so eager he just and so unlikely to -- agree just an unlikely to change the frame work should be abandoned. the government appears to be trying to use token gestures towards implementation and it tends to strip and security as a pretext for delayed elections. in order to disguise its efforts to stall implementation. that makes it very difficult for the mission to pinpoint the moment at which the government should be considered illegitimate and when it needs to hold the government accountable for that. the second challenge i wanted to talk about is inadequate support from u.n. member states. the drc government knows it holds the trump card. missionsekeeping cannot apply without the consent of the host state government. the president has used the threat of expulsion of the mission many times since taking office, trying to control monusco's actio

gales of the coast in particular. —— wet and windy weather moving across the country. o hold nuclear weapons to defend itself against the us. it comes as america's top military chief arrives in south korea. generaljoseph dunford will meet president moonjae—in in seoul. torrential rain has caused landslides in the indian state of himachal pradesh, and in nepal. rescue workers are struggling to help the people missing or cut off by flash—floods. and this video is trending on bbc.com. shooting stars have littered the sky, as the perseid meteor shower reached its peak over the uk. at the weekend, up to 100 shooting stars an hour were visible. the perseid meteor shower occurs everyjuly and august. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the chancellor and international trade secretary have made a joint pledge saying that

peace is the permanent permanent sin. in your country i have seen nothing but war for the last fifty years and for the last. but sadly sadly with the doesn't mean if we were doing thirty years in war from the soviet invasion to today in one form or the other that doesn't mean that we should continue in the doesn't mean that you want this nobody wants this therefore peace is the solution and the more our neighbors the bigger neighbors in this with us the better for us and that's what we are seeking and encourage. all into your endeavor thank you very much for your time and to our viewers please share your comments no twitter facebook and youtube pages and i hope the same place same time here in a while to part a. good interview i think you always this is all thank you nice interview thank you very much as always thank you very much. all. that i'll add here that. by then i got. the nod that. by then is a shift that. cannot. songs for sale or not so it. can be no secret was revealed to the pope multiple injuries among current neck to soak t

this is a moment in speaking to the country as the president of the whole country. speaking to the president as the commander-in-chief. if he were to take that tone tomorrow into yuma, arizona and on to the veterans of foreign affairs or american legion convention the following day, that's the tone that brings the trump presidency up to historic proportions. tonight he did it as close to perfectly as he could. there's another part i'm proud of him and i think it's hard to imagine how difficult it is. he's a very strong willed person. he said i normally historically do what is my first instinct but says being president changes things. he had the courage to stop and pick the right advisors and listen to those advisors and ultimately go down a trail that was not the one he thought six or eight months ago he was going on and to be honest with the american people what he was doing. this is one of the most honest national security speeches of my life time. i think the president deserves enormous credit for the way he approached it and the way he thought it through. for the

warplanes from the country. at least forty are massacred in an afghan village with isis and the taliban reportedly to blame we've got expert analysis on that never ending the war next. new reports say north korea has developed a miniaturized warheads for its nuclear arsenal those stories and more coming up right now. good afternoon it's tuesday august eighth four pm in washington d.c. i'm on your part and kill your watching r.t. america we begin this afternoon in syria where the country has been engulfed in war since two thousand and one there have been many efforts to deescalate but those attempts have been unsuccessful largely thanks to outside actors just recently the defense ministry of russia and downs there have been several cease fire violations in the country since a peace agreement went into effect last month now there is renewed effort to get u.s. warplanes out of that war torn country here's our t.v. correspondent ashley bangs with more on that according to the russian defense ministry most of the viol