news u.s. media reporting that cia director mike pompei of travel to pyongyang and met with north korean leader kim jong il in last month's trip was reportedly to lay the groundwork for a planned talks between u.s. president told trump and the north korean leader. so he's for now sumi is up next of top of the next hour thanks for watching. germany is a strong country. we have achieved so much we can do this and do something henderson says we must overcome it in the. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters g.w. made for mines.

us president all trying to confirm senior officials met north korean leader kim jong il a new u.s. media reporting that cia director mike pompei o travel to pyongyang what does this mean for peace on the korean peninsula also coming up the wife of the former president and the mother of another barbara bush has died at the age of ninety two . and after days of delays a team of international chemical weapons inspectors is set to enter the syrian city of duma it's just it's tasks with finding the truth behind a suspected poison gas attack nearly two weeks ago. then by and continued their charge towards the coveted travel the bundesliga champions overcame labor cruising in the german compass seventy finals last night we have all eight goals coming up. and israel turns seventy today we'll meet an israeli who remembers the fight for a jewish homeland and a palestinian who marks this day as the day of catastrophe. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. we begin in the u.s. where it's being reported that cia director mike pump aoe traveled to pyongyang and met north korean leader kim j

u.s. media is reporting that north korea has told american officials it is willing to discuss denuclearization of the korean peninsula the two countries have been in contact ahead of unexpected meeting between. president on shuttle for next month. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau was one of hundreds of people to pay tribute to the ice hockey team at a vigil in the town of humboldt when fifteen people died including ten players when the team bus crashed in the province of saskatchewan those are the headlines up next is the listening post i will see you soon. getting to the heart of the matter if. the supreme leader calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification of look like there are two people think the peace for unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story and talk to al-jazeera. americans across the country are hearing similar problems.

u.s. media is reporting that north korea has told u.s. officials it is willing to discuss denuclearization of the korean peninsula the two countries have been in contact ahead of an expected meeting next month between kim jong il and the u.s. president donald trump. the international criminal court says israel and hamas may have committed war crimes during mass protests in gaza thirty people including a journalist have been killed and more than two thousand were injured by israeli forces since the demonstrations began ten days ago israel's defense minister told reporters all the protesters were linked to hammer. thousands of people from pakistan's passion community protested and push our demands human rights and protection for this minority group they say thousands have disappeared over the years or been the target of extrajudicial killings in pakistan's semi autonomous tribal region. those are your headlines so far more news at the top of the hour between now and then. it's the cheapest rail service in the d.r. congo the largest country

u.s. media is reporting that north korea has told u.s. officials it is willing to discuss the denuclearization of the korean peninsula the two countries have been in contact out of a meeting planned between kim jong un and president trump next month it'll be the first time a sitting u.s. president talks with a north korean leader kim met the chinese premier she jinping in beijing last month in his first overseas trip as a leader pakistan has summoned the u.s. ambassador to lodge a formal complaint after the death of a motorcyclist in a crash with an embassy car the police in islamabad for release this security camera video showing the moment of impact at a crossroads is not being confirmed if the diplomat was driving the car he has diplomatic immunity so has not been addressed. to brazil where the former president isn't missing out on seeing his favorite football team in action despite being locked up luis enough field with a disorder some home comforts now he's in prison for corruption and money laundering reports now in the southern cit

u.s. media or at least the u.s. u.k. government line i mean let's not forget that in the u.k. u.s. mainstream media the moment it's a completely uniform there's one or two spots where actually tentative scenarios being put but generally speaking it backs the u.k. u.s. government and france government line completely and what we're already seeing is that of course journalists have got in on the ground robert fisk is a notable person i'm thinking of there he is he says and attended by syrian government employees and so on he spoke to all the residents to medical staff who none of whom confirmed the idea that there was a chemical attack carried out by president assad's forces already we see today the term attempt in the western media to discredit him as a person and the integrity of his reporting so we can expect to see that with the reporters well we're already i think seeing i'm detecting science myself that there is a slight backtracking amongst government statements for example we see some reporting today that the i think it's i the pentagon of the white house rowing back slightly

us president donald trump confirmed some senior officials met north korean leader kim jong il on u.s. media say cia director mike pump aoe troubles of yet what does this mean for peace on the korean peninsula also coming up the largest operation of its kind ever carried out.

our political commentator antony whether aren't you now the wake of president from fiery rhetoric u.s. media have been speculating about the country's possible actions over syria highlighting that none of them are ideal and the corresponding is done off takes a look. it used to be all options are on the table for syria well now it seems that this donald trump promise of fire and fury has all but taken a diplomatic resolution off that list from the looks of a trump who doesn't have many doors left open to him anymore but one of them is actually the one he's already tried the same time last year a parallel situation an allegation of a chemical attack blamed on president assad's forces without even waiting for an investigation trump goes in with guns blazing. back then the u.s. president gave the russians an early warning so that its troops could leave the area hawks in washington ripped from for it saying this is exactly why the airstrike turned out to be a waste of time a nother potential option for trump this time is to go full on forget the warnings forget all caution and just unleashing a

this is news coming to you live from burma and president from devices this morning on syria the u.s. media treats a strike on syria could be very soon or not so soon a toy this is a day off to try. to be calming in reality television for an alleged posen gas attack in syria also coming up the number of executions carried down to last year around the longfellow compared to the year before that's according to a new amnesty international report on capital punishment. i'm on the thought she. just this hour u.s. president dollar trump is fired for devised warning about a potential attack on syria he tweeted a strike on syria could be very soon or not so soon afterward his administration not only a fed there was no timetable for military action in retaliation for an alleged poison gas attack on dumas meanwhile russia's military says the syrian government has taken complete control of the last rebel stronghold near damascus. a rare moment of celebration for syrians at least government supporters they took to the streets of duma after rebels who had controlled the city left. yet the victorious mil

i'm sam is a diamond i hold the look at the headlines here in al-jazeera now u.s. media reports say secretary of state nominee pompei out travel to north korea to meet leader kim jong il the top secret talks are for that to have happened two weeks ago ahead of a potential summit between president donald trump and kim al-jazeera is diplomatic editor james bays has more from the north korean capital pyongyang. north korean officials are not commenting on all confirming the visit. to this city all of the information at this stage is coming from the u.s. side but this is the highest level visit for a serving u.s. official since secretary of state madeline albright came to pyongyang in the year two thousand the u.s. doesn't have diplomatic relations with north korea there is no embassy here members of the diplomatic community have told me though they are aware that there is a channel of communication of negotiation ongoing between the u.s. and north korea but tween the cia and the north korean intelligence service they clearly are looking at the possibility of a meeting betwe

u.s. media is reporting that north korea has told american officials it is willing to discuss denuclearization of the korean peninsula the two countries have been in contact ahead of an expected meeting next month between kim jong il and president donald trump to be the first time a sitting u.s. president holds talks with a north korean leader. sisi says israel and hamas may have committed war crimes during mass protests in gaza thirty people including a journalist have been killed and more than two thousand were injured by israeli forces since the demonstrations began ten days ago israel's defense minister told reporters that all the protesters were linked to hamas. canada's prime minister was one of hundreds of people who paid tribute to an ice hockey team at a vigil in the town of humboldt fifteen people died including ten players when their team bus crashed in the province of saskatchewan. last war news one of you wanted on the website al jazeera dot com is the address you need up next here

a u.s. media company is under fire after telling t.v. anchors to read a prepared script against fake news critics say it bears a politically motivated message. a museum in new york is facing backlash after a white candidate was appointed as curator with the african art exhibit the move has rekindled something of a race debate. we. should not be trying to say.

emails for months prior to the two thousand and sixteen election and it was not alone no major u.s. media outlets ignored the story it was for better or worse considered newsworthy these were stolen conversations and i don't think that journalists took proper care to to vet them it's not that they weren't true but the motive in releasing them in order to demonize the democrats when there was no such comparable effort on the part of republicans that was not handled well journalists just rushed into print without considering the source without considering what was behind them without explaining it to their readers and this had the effect of perverting the political discourse the twenty six thousand election was highly partisan it was highly divisive i think too that many in the mainstream media did not want to make it appear that they were ignoring information that was coming out of the d.n.c. that might have an impact on how people chose to vote thousands of leaked e-mails show democratic party officials possibly plotting against bernie sanders and i think for many of them if they chose no

u.s. france and great britain. a media company started by a palestinian journalist killed last week while covering protests at the israel gaza border has received a grant from the u.s. government as polls are reports. well a palestinian journalist was killed last week during the clashes along the israel gaza border between israeli soldiers and palestinian protesters yes it was thirty years old he was a camera man and also the co-founder of a palestinian production company in gaza known as the palestinian media he was just a few hundred meters from the border. shot in the torso and it was very clear from the pictures we've seen that he was wearing a bullet proof jacket with the word press in blazoned across it we have subsequently heard from the israeli defense minister avigdor lieberman that he was a member of a must which israel guards is a terrorist organization and therefore a legitimate target his colleagues of course deny this saying these claims are ridiculous but this is what israeli defense minister had to say. thi

. ♪ u.s. media is concerned the fbi has rated the office of president trump'sr lawchael cohen.nts toting to stormy daniels were reportedly take this, i was joined by our north america repter. who seems to have authorized the raid? >> what we have heard is that the special counsel investigation robert mueller referred this to the southern distct of new york, a wing o the u.s. attorneys office handling a lot of financial crimes in manhattan. wall street is there. so it arose from something that 'sme from robert muell investigation but it was indirectly related, so he handed it off. t they't know exactly w are looking into, but they searched michael cohen's house , hotel room, and office. the thing to remember abouthe michael he is donald trump's personal lawyer but it is more than that. he is his personal fixer, hisk friend going bcades. he was subject to an investigation for his business alings in russia, but th could be stormy daniels related. they took tax records, business record communications between donald trumpnd the lawyer. that is relevant and that makes this a big deal

secretary of defense james mattis they spoke to the u.s. media and to the world basically giving the lowdown on what had happened now at that point the striking had already stopped they said it was fifteen minutes of sustained airstrikes against the syrian government furthermore it's important to note that when james mattis was speaking not only after the attacks but also earlier in the week he wasn't willing to go into detail about the attack and was rather vague about the kind of information that he actually had and i am confident the syrian regime conducted a chemical attack on innocent people. we are very confident that chlorine was used we are not ruling out sharon right now we have the intelligence level of competence that we needed to conduct the attack. i believe there was a chemical attack and we're looking for the actual evidence the o.p.c. w this you're going to station for the chemical weapons convention and we're trying to get those inspectors in if we get them in and we will not know who did it they can only say that they found evid

and this is really dangerous drugs see one of the largest u.s. media groups comes under fire telling its t.v. presenters to read a script against. the welcome of the latest developments in a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to watch the weekly here and r.t. international war of accusations has been raging this week over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter a british military. could not identify the source of the nerve agent used to load the government has consistently claimed there was a direct link to russia. has more. it's a right old kid on drugs on the one hand you skip the trial screamed guilty and jump to the punishment part on the other your own guys come out and say hold on there's no evidence and i was his by were living experts at the defense science and technology laboratory at porton down made clear that this was a military grade novacek nerve agent produced and we have not verified the precise source you have not been able to establish that this was made in russia as i said it's our job

u.s. security interests he's this isn't this is what this is what western media and the think tanks they can't comprehend it's not about them this is their real big problem you know it's very interesting is that the north korean regime if we can use that word this is a very calculated plan on their part and they understood what happened in libya they understood what happened in iraq ok so they come to the peace table strong and it's important and with nuclear weapons and with the goal of maintaining their sovereignty i don't understand what's going on in the think tanks in washington d.c. this is as patently obvious as it gets ok there is a contrary we have talked to talk to us and so some korea is russia. china and china is a special. interests but if there was a reconciliation between north and south korea. the u.s. . u.s. troops still say you have any idea how much a year. it's generally not only and not only in south korea in japanese. but the japanese don't want to see this kind of in oh they don't because they are historical at the moment he's due to leave the careers and ship it but if

well you know i don't expect it i don't expect that's going to happen if you get some of the u.s. media suggested then i would say this is in the same chain with gorbachev and with obama you know look what happened to that country that they blessed with a peaceful activity so that you get to the e.u. not so long ago and. that's what it really was it just says ok it was a sight but to try. doing it. frightening you know when it started to do three things. you should. in the united states what could be done if we continue you know you're right and i don't know because the that's what i said in my introduction i mean not long ago this would have been a flight into france the because there is this inability to think in different ways we were talking about war just a few years ago you know but maybe maybe because i can't accept that trump is stupid and. i would like to imagine that you know. i don't think he's stupid i mean i've always said i'm more concerned with the company but he keeps ok i mean we have john bolton around that's a very dangerous character. i'm an analyst and policy maker

and this is really dangerous to our driver see and also this hour one of the largest u.s. media groups comes on the fire for telling t.v. presenters to read a script promo against fake news. welcome to international law for moscow with me. today thanks for joining us this hour. the war of accusations has been raising this week over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter a british military laboratory admitted it couldn't identify the source of the nerve agent used although the government has consistently claimed there was a direct link to russia. takes up the story. it's a right old kid on drugs on the one hand you skip the trial screamed guilty and jump to the punishment part on the other your own guys come out and say hold on there's no evidence and now this is by we're living experts at the defense science and technology laboratory at portadown made clear that this was a military grade novacek nerve agent produced in russia we have not verified the precise source you have not been able to establish that this was made in russia as i said it's our job to

a u.s. media company is under fire after telling t.v. anchors to read a scripted promo against fake news critics say it bears a politically motivated message. israel suspends an agreement with the un to relocate african refugees to some european countries italy and germany say they were never made aware of the deal in the first place. and the museum in new york is facing backlash after a white candidate was appointed as curator of its african art exhibit the move has rekindled something of the great effect we absolutely should not be trying to say there's too much should be quote play or a tie it's. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me. now our top story a u.s. broadcasting corporation is under fire for asking president as to read out a prepared script for promotional video it warned viewers of the dangers of fake news the sinclair group which is known for its conservative stance owns almost two hundred stations across the u.s. it sends out a memo requiring it sank to read out a statement during their news progr

forces conducted a major onslaught over the last few weeks thousands of rebels have surrendered u.s. media say u.s. president al trump has ordered the state department to freeze two hundred million dollars of funds to help rebuild syria trump is eager to end u.s. involvement on thursday he said troops will pull out soon outgoing secretary of state rex tillerson announced the recovery funding in february doing a meeting of the coalition fighting eyesore. and christians in iraq can pray and gather together at easter for the first time since the defeat of eisel and the northern city of mosul the armed group destroyed many churches and christians fled the area now the community is on a mission to rebuild itself but as iran com reports it's not without challenges. for many easter is a time to mark the resurrection of jesus christ it's a time of rebirth and reflection and for the christians of home to neo in the nineveh plain in iraq's second city of mosul it's particularly relevant the christian community here is going through its own rebirth when eisel took over the nineveh plains in two thous

u.s. media company is under fire after telling t.v. presenters to read a script to promo against fake critics say it is a politically motivated message. and other news the syrian peace process brings together leaders of russia turkey and around for a trilateral meeting on wednesday as for dinner putin heads to ankara to meet president the one ahead of the summer. and the british media indulge in some alternative theories on the poisoning of form a double agent and his daughter in the u.k. that's amid a lack of any official information coming out of the investigation. this is r.t. international great to have you with this fight fake news that's the mission statement of the largest local broadcasting corporation in the united states and it's requiring its presenters to read out a scripted message to back that up the sinclair group which is known for its conservative stance almost two hundred stations across america and sent out a memo telling presenters to read a statement during their news programs the script itself attacked the quote t

year ago about when a chemical attack was alleged and we did a missile strike on some syria the u.s. media gushed over it thought it was a great fireworks display. not caring at all about the human cost on the other and so too great and opposed to trying to popularity particularly with the neoconservatives who've been wanting to get united states more and more into war in syria for years and perhaps as a stepping stone toward the war with iran that they've been seeking for years along with nato and yahoo who is also funded you know financially by donald trump's backer sheldon adelson all of whom have been eager for war against iran and i can just see how this could be seen as a stepping stone toward escalating attentions with both around and now russia as well which we've been working toward for the last year or so tremendous danger that the world is in. my gratitude for your time and your opinions many things told piers is my guess fully u.s. army judge advocate. even to the days of the new suspended a volley is not far from the city of months in france police that moved in in the early h

presidents refused to sit down with kim so it'll be interesting to see how the u.s. media reacts to this will they applaud trump will they get out of credit or will they just divert to russia but considering that north korea's various tests for right in the international community in the past even though a known missile tests were conducted since november of this latest move will likely provide some much needed relief but given the history of countries that have willingly surrendered their w m d's we can only hope that the u.s. genuinely welcomes this decision. well the north korean state news agency quoted leader kim jong onerous saying atomic tests are no longer necessary as the country's nuclear eyes ation is already complete brian becker from the antiwar answer coalition thinks the latest breakthrough with north korea has come in spite of threats from the u.s. this is a major step you can see that from the beginning in this process north korea and south korea have been the drivers of this diplomatic up offensive i would call it the u.s. government has been caught flat

president donald trump confirmed senior officials met north korean leader kim jong il on u.s. media say cia director michael pay zero travel to pyongyang what does this mean for peaceful the korean peninsula. also coming up another delay.

washington last week donald trump announced he wants to withdraw to happen very soon but reports in the u.s. media say he's being advice not to pull the troops out of seoul so with an ever changing white house rhetoric trump is backpedaling promising that a decision on the matter should be taken soon. we're knocking the hell out of isis will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it now. the primary mission in terms of that was getting rid of isis we've almost completed that task and will be making a decision very quickly to pull the troops out so that i want to get out i want to bring our troops back home i want to start rebuilding our nation a question of america's exit from syria was raised at a summit between russia turkey and iran to iran expressed its skepticism that washington's plans. the united states is one thing one day and then a completely different thing the next so we cannot trust their words or actions it seems they want to benefit from syria as much as possible. well the main focus of the un chris summit was to discuss the peace plan for war torn syr

superpower and a pariah us president confirmed senior officials met north korean leader kim jong il on u.s. media say cia director mike compare travel to pyongyang what does this mean for peace on the korean peninsula. also coming up after days of do.