i think the u.s. russia relationship is very important and has suffered and we need to make it better there's no question about it we need to cooperate on so many issues on nuclear weapons on syria on iran on energy on trade. welcome to worlds apart old to talk about russian meddling in european politics in the united states that has trapped her on the decision making on the continent that is until don't know trunk moved into the white house is europe ready to take its fade into its own hands as german chancellor angela merkel suggested it should vote to discuss that i'm now joined by john the calm and is torn in member of the european parliament mr tallman great to have you on the show thank you very much for your time no welcome we are recording these program just a few days before the russian them merican presidents are expected to meet in person for the first time coincidentally a bad meeting is going to take place in europe.

u.s. and russia can together work. don't cooperate with each other in syria the russian president vladimir putin he also expressed an optimistic tone of his take a listen. regarding whether the u.s. position on syria has changed i think it's become more pragmatic in general it doesn't seem to change but there is now an understanding that we can achieve a lot the united effort now bear in mind that this is no doubt a breakthrough in terms of u.s. russia relations showing that the two countries can work with each other in syria however it be too optimistic to see this as a break throughout the entire syrian conflict as a whole as you know prior to this numerous the escalation zones happened set up and countless cease fire happen agreed on and both sides have accuse each other of violating them and so stairs there are still a lot of answered questions regarding the syrian conflict and where the most crucial one being the political future of the assad government we are jamal wakim an expert in international relations about

u.s.-russia relationship and the future of the u.s.-russia relationship. they discussed important progress that was made in syria, and i think all of you have seen some of the news that just broke regarding a de-escalation agreement and memorandum which was agreed between the united ,tates, russia, and jordan important area in southwest syria that affects jordan's security, but also a very complicated part of the syrian battlefield. this de-escalation area was agreed and well-defined. the cease-fire has been entered into, and i think this is our andt indication of the u.s. russia being able to work together with syria, and as a result of that, we had a very lengthy discussion regarding other areas in syria we can continue to work together on to the area and to work together towards a political process that will secure the future of the syrian people. ofa result, at the request president putin, the united states has appointed, and i think you have seen the especiallyt, ambassador to ukraine, ambassador full, who will draw on his decades of experience as a r

u.s.-russia relationship, and the future of the u.s.-russia relationship.discussed important progress that was made in syria. and i cthink all of you have sen some of the news that just broke regarding the escalation agreement and memorandum, which was agreed between the united states, russia and jordan. for an important area in southwest syria that affects jordan's security, but also is very complicated part of the syrian battlefield. this deescalation area was agreed. it's well-defined. agreements on who will secure this area, the cease-fand i thi indication of the u.s. and russia being able to work together in syria, and as a result of that, we had a very lengthy discussion regarding other areas in syria that we can continue to work together on to deescalate the areas in violence once we defeat isis and to work together towards a political process that will secure the future of the syrian people. as a result, at the request of president putin, the united states has appointed, and you have seen, i think, the announcement, of special representative for ukr

u.s. and russia have committed to monitoring the ensuring humanitarian access to the areas. these areas will be ensured by russian military police and close cooperation with the u.s. and jordan now these three southern provinces that lavrov mentioned also share a border with jordan which is also part of this new agreement however another country that these three southern provinces which i believe can show you on a map on the screen now also share a border with israel and this area includes that this golan heights of this area between syria and israel and according to the u.n. is a syrian territory occupied by israel since the sixty's and over the recent weeks there's been a surge of quasi border exchanges of fire and this new the escalation zone can potentially afford such incidents in the future u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he said this new agreement shows his first indication that the u.s. and russia can work together and cooperate with each other in syria the russian president vladimir putin he also expressed an optimistic tone or take a listen. to regarding wheth

i think the u.s. russia relationship is very important and has suffered and we need to make it better there's no question about it we need to cooperate on so many issues on nuclear weapons from syria on iran on energy on trade. with make this manufactured consensus instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes to protect themselves. in the final. we can all middle of the room see. the real news. welcome back iraqi prime minister travel to the city of mosul a full my islamic state stronghold to declare victory over the terror group only a small pocket of militants now remains and they are expected to be free to be defeated soon the development has been widely celebrated in the media. it is not often on the show that we can break good news about iraq but today is one of those days the country's prime minister arrived in mosul today to declare a great victory as he joined his troops to celebrate in the city they've lost many comrades along the road but today the iraqi security forces were firing their weapo

u.s.-russia relationship and the future of the u.s.-russia relationship. they discussed important progress that was made in syria, and i think all of you have seen some of the news that just broke regarding a de-escalation agreement and memorandum which was agreed between the united ,tates, russia, and jordan important area in southwest syria that affects jordan's security, but also a very complicated part of the syrian battlefield. this de-escalation area was agreed and well-defined. the cease-fire has been entered into, and i think this is our andt indication of the u.s. russia being able to work together with syria, and as a result of that, we had a very lengthy discussion regarding other areas in syria we can continue to work together on to the area and to work together towards a political process that will secure the future of the syrian people. ofa result, at the request president putin, the united states has appointed, and i think you have seen the especiallyt, ambassador to ukraine, ambassador full, who will draw on his decades of experience as a r

u.s. and russia have committed to monitoring the cease fire and ensuring humanitarian access to the areas initially security of these areas will be ensured by russian military police and close cooperation with the u.s. and jordan now these three southern provinces that lavrov mentioned also share a border with jordan which is also part of this new agreement however another country that these three southern provinces which i believe can show you on a map on the screen now also share a border with israel and this area includes that this golan heights of this area between syria and israel and according to the u.n. is a syrian territory occupied by israel since the sixty's and over the recent weeks there's been a surge of quasi border exchanges of fire and this new the escalation zone can potentially afford such incidents in the future u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he said this new agreement shows his first indication that the u.s. and russia can work together and cooperate with each other in syria the russian president vladimir putin he also expressed an optimistic tone or just take a

u.s. and russian leaders in the past. russia is chafing at what they describe as a unilaterally led world with a u.s. superpower. they want the world divided into kind of individual more 19th century approach to the world where russia would get a sphere of influence. we don't know whether or not that fits with president trump's world view which involves america first. >> ivan watson in moscow. thanks. >>> now for perspective, political analyst josh rogan, columnist for the "washington post." good morning, josh, mr. perspective. look, a lot of pressure on these two, a lot on the plate. could be a short meeting. what do you expect out of this thing? >> there's an effort and desire on both sides to have a happy, good meeting. a meeting where they show the world's largest nuclear powers can get along and actually talk about if not solve big issues of international concern. that's what both sides want. that's what we can expect. of course the context is that things are not happy, things are not hunky-dory. the relationship is not goo

big, most important countries at the g-20, russia and the u.s. you know, when actually russia is a very small trading partner for the u.s. many more powerful countries economically, but putin is at the center of the action, and for trump, he says, look american voters, having better relations with russia is worth it. >> and people won't say russia is about the size of new jersey. it's a small -- at least by global standards. david drucker, putin -- trump, rather, would not be the first american president at the beginning of his term has high hopes rejiggering, resetting, if i could resurrect that word again, the relationship with russia. bush tried it. obama tried it, and both of them had no success whatsoever. >> and i think the question going into this meeting and after is whether or not the president learned lessons of his president sirs. one a democrat, one a republican. vladimir putin's interests has always been in asserting russia's dominance and sort of reasserting russia's influence over the global sphere, and i think the question is, not

u.s. and russia can. work together and cooperate with each other in syria the russian president vladimir putin he also expressed the optimistic tone of this take a listen. to regarding whether the u.s. is action on syria has changed i think it's become more pragmatic in general it doesn't seem to change but there's now an understanding that we can achieve a lot the united effort now bear in mind that this is no doubt a breakthrough in terms of u.s. russia relations showing that the two countries can work with each other in syria however it be too optimistic to see this as a breakthrough of the entire syrian conflict as a whole as you know prior to this numerous the escalation zones happened set up and countless cease fire happen agreed on and both sides have accused each other of violating them and so stairs there's still a lot of answer to questions regarding the syrian conflict and where the most crucial one being the political future of the assad government well we asked jamal wakim an expert in interna

on leaders exchanged views the current nature of the u.s. russia relationship and the --ure of the u.s.-real u.s.-russia relationship. they discussed important topics like syria. i think many of you have seen some of the news that just broke regarding the escalation agreement, the memoranda that was agreed between the u.s., regardingd jordan southwest syria that affects the security of jordan but is also a very complicated part of the syrian battlefield. -escalation area was agreed. a cease-fire has been entered into. this is our first indication of the u.s. and russia being able to work together in syria. as a result, we had a lengthy discussion regarding other areas in syria where we can continue to work together on the area.ing and to work together towards a political process that will secure the future of the syrian people. ofa result, at the request vladimir putin, the u.s. has appointed a special representative for ukraine. ambassador kurt volker. he will draw on his decades of experience in the u.s. diplomatic corps, both as a representative

russia retaliation. vladimir putin tells the u.s. to expel hundreds of diplomatic staffers from russia, responding to the new u.s. sanctions bill. what it means for an already tense relationship between the u.s. and russia. >>> and all in the family. they're two of the president's closest aides, but a new report calls into question whether ivanka trump and jared kushner have the power to implement the president's policy. >>> let's start with the newly installed chief of staff. a lot is resting on the shoulders of john kelly, who was sworn in this morning. the former secretary steps into a white house consumed by political and personnel problems, looking to bring discipline to a chaotic white house, resurrect the trump agenda, rebuild relations with congress, oh, and rangel the president's twitter feed. that's just for starters. let's go to nbc's kristen welker. kristen, i would say the expectations bar for kelly is pretty high. but i guess the question is, can he meet it, and what does the white house want from him? >> reporter: the w

meanwhile, russia's meddling in the u.s. agenda when congress returns to work tomorrow from the fourth of july recess. the senate has already passed a sanctions bill against russia by a huge margin, and now it must pass in the house before going to the president's desk. here now to discuss is republican congressman joe wilson of south carolina who sits on the house armed services and foreign affairs committees. very nice to have you here, congressman. >> arthel, i appreciate your service. arthel: oh, well, you're the one serving us, sir. let's start by getting your reaction to your home state senator's, graham's, comments on "meet the press." >> he's the person who identified the democrats lost the election, now they're losing their minds. but actually on this i appreciate president trump is making every effort to try to address the issues that we have with russia understanding, and you'll be getting to this in a second, that the sanctions are going to stay in place. but my view is that just as the president tried hard to wo

u.s.-russia relationship and the future of the u.s.-russian relationship. they discussed important progress that was made in syria, and i think all of you have seen some of the news that just broke regarding a de-escalation agreement and memorandum that was agreed between the united states, russia, and jordan for important area of southwest syria that affects jordan's security, but a complicated part of the syrian battlefield. de-escalation area was agreed, well defined. agreements on who will secure this area. a cease-fire has been entered into, and i think this is our first indication of the u.s. and russia being able to work together in syria as a result of that. we had a very lengthy discussion regarding other areas in that we can continue to work together on to deescalate the areas and the violence once we defeat isis and to work together towards a political process that will secure the future of the syrian people. t the requestas of president putin, the united states has appointed -- and you have seen the announcement -- a special representative for u

u.s. and russia have committed to monitoring the sushma and ensuring humanitarian access to the areas initially security in these areas will be ensured by russian military sleeves and close cooperation with the u.s. and georgia now these three southern provinces that sergey lavrov just mentioned they share a border with jordan which is also part of the agreement and they also share a border with israel and inside of this is the golan heights now this is a disputed area between syria and israel it's syrian territory but it's been occupied by israel since the sixty's according to the u.n. and of course in the past few weeks we've seen an exchange of fire a certain exchange of fire between the two sides in this this disputed areas so this deescalation zone could also help prevent more such incidents in the future we've heard from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson who said this new agreement is a sign that the u.s. and russia can work together in syria also very optimistic tone from the russian president vladimir putin. regarding whether the u.s. position on syria has changed i think it's b

u.s. and russia can work together in syria also very optimistic tone from the russian president vladimir putin. regarding whether the u.s. position on syria has changed i think it's become more pragmatic in general it doesn't seem to change but there is now an understanding that we can achieve a lot of the united effort while this new programmatic approach from the u.s. is russia's president has said is seen as an important step forward in the ties between the two sides it's also being lauded as a positive step by a key leading figures including federico moscow really who is the european commission vice president and also the deputy. envoy special envoy for syria. and the agreed cease fire deal over an important area in the south of syria is a positive development the implementation of these arrangements towards a nation wide society should of whose to and unhindered humanitarian access is key to facilitate the interest syrian talks under u.n. auspices in geneva now while this is no doubt an important step forward in relations between the u.s. and russia shows the two sides can work in agreeme

trade could also emerge outside of the sort of u.s. russia cycle drama. trade will be the most important story here this weekend. you have covered these and they can be very boring things. this is unlike anything we have seen in the past. reclaiming the soul of the west, how does this differ from those in the past? i think that john has it exactly right. the marquis television and headline drama will be the psychodrama between putin and trump. the issue of trade is a real one. the issue of what kind of policy he's putting forward. that is the specter that hangs over europe. on the flipside of that, we have the brexit with eu forging ahead. when he comes back to washington, he comes back to is almost there getting people over the line. he's got trouble abroad. when he gets home, he's got huge see howat will really the american people view how he's done and back at home. megan murphy joining me here in new york. andks are extending gains taylor riggs is here with the latest. taylor: you're seeing green on the screen. we see followthrough here in the afterno

u.s. and russia destined to be enemies. cross talking russia u.s. relations i'm joined by my guest peter because they can washington is a professor of history and director at american university as well as co-author with all of our stone the untold history of the united states in pittsburgh we have dan koblick he is an adjunct professor of law at university of pittsburgh as well as author of the plot to scapegoat russia and here in moscow we crossed alexander me curious he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alexander before i want to go to you first ok we can talk about russia gate we can we can talk about collusion you know i want to stay away from what i essentially believe is a fake story here but one thing that is never mentioned in the mainstream media that i'm aware of anyway is is what does russia want in its relationship with the united states we always are told what the u.s. demands of e

this is the cost of doing business my own opinion is that russia has gotten off lightly for its invasion of ukraine and for meddling in the u.s. election the sanctions that are imposed against russia are legitimate and necessary and if russia chooses to retaliate then so be it will both russia and the u.s. see this as being on a level footing as they know as you say have an equal number of personnel i suppose there's an aside to this why was there such an imbalance with the number of diplomats there. well i think that i can't speak to the actual personnel levels that the two sides have have maintained that it was the guise of helping her and the russian foreign ministry but i do think that what we've seen here is a situation in which the trumpet ministration had initially said it was going to try to improve relations with russia and the russians bought some time to see whether that would happen now that we seem to be moving toward new legislation that there's a host of new sanctions which there were failed conversations here a couple of weeks ago about the restoration of russia's two. homes here two houses that were from whic

u.s. and russia. this was something he vowed on the campaign trail despite the investigation into russian meddling and you know, accusations going both ways about the dealing with how they're dealing with syria. what we're seeing now is possibly a change in the relationship, but like we've seen in the past, many presidents before him like president bush and obama thought that they had a new moment with russia and that they had turned the page from the prior administration who had by the end of their terms had very frosty relationships, but with putin he is used to dealing with a new president. he's used to really charming them and maybe perhaps telling them all things that they want to hear and creating an impression of cooperation between russia and the u.s., which ends up often unraveling because of broken promises or just disagreements. >> tara, i want to get to a moment that happened just a little while ago that perked some ears up here. ivanka trump was on stage to help roll out the women's entre

russia the u.s. and jordan have reached a ceasefire agreement for syria the cease fire will come into effect in three areas there are. and swager it will come into force on the ninth of july at twelve am damascus time the u.s. and russia have committed to monitoring the sushma and ensuring humanitarian access to the areas initially security in these areas will be ensured by russian military police in close cooperation with the u.s. and jordan. now these three southern provinces that a lot of i've just mentioned they share a border with jordan which is also part of the agreement and they also share a border with israel and inside of this is the golan heights now this is a disputed area between syria and israel it's syrian territory but it's been occupied by israel since the sixty's according to the u.n. and of course in the past few weeks we've seen an exchange of fire a certain exchange of fire between the two sides in this in this disputed areas so this deescalation zone could also help prevent more

another country russia or some other country meddling in u.s. elections again you know packing data and spreading it out to influence one candidate in the election and the other the next time it could be the republicans realize the next time a good date russia helping democrats at that or some other country helping democrats if that happens again and this goes to the heart of our democratic process and this is a big deal here and russia should really russia needs to know that now russian president vladimir putin he has responded to the same can saying he will be forced to retaliate if the u.s. passes these sanctions so what do you think he means by retaliate. well i'm sure you know russia will find some lever to to retaliate they have been holding off i think because they hope true a better outcome under trump than they had under obama but you know it will be interesting to see what that retaliation takes if it does but that's the process we have to bear here to try to deter future behavior and show the world that. no one should be allowed to med

u.s. and russia destined to be enemies. welcome back to the program anger is growing over the british government's refusal to publish the full report into funding of islamist extremism in the country the decision was announced by home secretary. i have decided against publishing the classified report produced during the review in full this is because of the volume of personal information it contains and for national security reasons. why more details on this story now from polly in london polly why do you think the decision as cause so much anger. well look a lot of politicians have been waiting a very long time for this report it was commissioned back in december two thousand and fifteen and eighteen months down the line it still hadn't been published and the home office came under fire for that just a couple of months ago back in may the government admitted that the contents of the report were very sensitive and now we've had this very short quietly put out written statement by amber rudd the home secretary confirming tha

i think the u.s. russia relationship is very important and has suffered and we need to make it better there's no question about it we need to cooperate on so many issues on nuclear weapons from syria on iran on energy on trade. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle well it happened bladder mere putin and donald trump met for their first much into this debated handshake was it worth the wait and what happens now. talking the importance of a handshake i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have exclusive for used to director and writer for the duran dot com and we have political analysts we spoke nic international right gentleman as always talk in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate the big news over the last few news cycles of obviously is the meeting of blood amir putin with donald trump here but let's talk a little bit what happened right before before we talk a

also russia or the u.s. embassy to stop the use of several facilities we can show you some of them here on the program of the new sanctions against russia are expected to be signed by president. the document approved by the congress aims to target russia's lucrative energy trade with the european partners washington claims the measures are in response to alleged election meddling. by many more of your monday worldwide news headlines coming your way in just. brings peace to the chicken hawks. produced by the tell you the gossip the tabloids but. they. tell you. that we all. want to. make it is that he's if a feed or a. mule. so that you can be this is going to be. a statement. but. it's. good to have you with us today for the program calls for independence are growing in southern germany where one in three barbarians say they're in favor of breaking free from the country and the e.u. those in favor of breaking away demand to have more representation and a bigger say over the future of. our correspondent peter

energy banks defense intelligence shipping but russia and the u.s. don't do a lot of trade together so it's going to do with your target other countries and their business with russia and this is why europe depends for russia on over thirty percent of their energy supply and that's growing so this the house foreign affairs committee official statement on this ten reasons you should support this bill is it helps bolster europe's energy security and it does it does it just the opposite again improves cooperation with our allies or russian influence in europe the europeans while are screaming that you're infringing on our interns security you're trying to tell us what is in our own you know what you know the enemy has been doing this to russia first so that is why you know again it's not it's not presented honestly in western media that is why there and dish and all pipelines to germany directly from russia because the country that is the biggest risk to european energy security is ukraine and could be the last twenty seconds you have to a sort of realiz

the truce brokered by the u.s., russia, and jordan. it went into effect sunday in southwest syria. f an agreement between russia and the u.s. hammered out and announced friday at the g-20 summit in germany. president trump tweeting sunday, "syrian cease-fire seems to be holding. many lives can be saved. came out of a meeting good!" exclamation point. president trump and putin agreed to set up a three-day deescalation zone in syria to be secured by russian military police. >> the president now has no public events scheduled today. he hit the links sunday, spending just over four hours golfing at his club in sterling, virginia. the white house not disclosing his activities at the club. this is now the 20th weekend the president visited a trump property. at least the 36th day he has spent at one of his own golf clubs. >>> the outgoing director of government ethics office is lashing out at the trump administration in his final days on the job. walter shaub has been hounding the white house for months about the conflicts of interest. he leaves office next week and says tougher guidelines

i think the u.s. russia relationship is very important and has suffered and we need to make it better there's no question about it we need to cooperate on so many issues on nuclear weapons from syria on iran on energy on trade. routes them through. our rights we are being a lie. to about syria we are being lied to by the president we are being lied to by the mainstream media this is my surprised face. last week famed people it's a prize winning journalist seymour hersh revealed that the motivations and facts given by trump for bombing syria were about as truthful as a bill cosby testimony. and less than testimony for jell-o. put in which i still believe he legitimately lives. i want other to sully the name of genoa. you remember trunks justification for bombing was the use of chemical weapons by assad but hearst revealed that the syrian military did not use chemical weapons that the us military knew what assad's military was doing at the time and that the bombing was meant to hit a high level meeting of jiha

russia today or yesterday after yesterday's decision by the u.s. what russia reverted to or even economical measures that was why did discussed also in u.s. business or if it's in moscow there is of course a fear that russia might to some to some extent sanction the presence of u.s. companies the activities of u.s. companies in russia who employ or from my knowledge more than one hundred thirty five around one hundred thirty five thousand people there that this did not happen signal is there from the russian point of view reason prevail but of course the diplomatic measures met as are harsh what is more discussed here in germany and europe is to what extent european interests are hit by the same chance and on the other side also there is a certain feeling of shock among german politicians that the law that was. that was voted for explicitly mentions u.s. energy interests and economic interests. in a way not only dollar trump now but also the both parties in the american in the american congress and senate vote for opt for america first which comes f

now the task kwins begins of rebuilding. >> a cease-fire in southwestern syria brokered by the u.s., russia and jordan appears to be holding after going into effect. so far there are no reports of any serious violations. u.s. and russia say they will ensure all groups are complying with the agreement but have not said how they will monitor it. >> in the nag of vnation of venezuela, a celebration rally was told sunday in caracas. >> the "new york times" is reporting that donald trump jr, son of the u.s. president met with the russian lawyer after being promised damaging information on hillary clinton. the times says president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner and then campaign chairman, paul manafort, were all at the meeting. >> this took place two weeks after donald trump clefrmnched republican nomination. he said the statements by the woman at the meeting were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. >> reports of president donald trump is fashion fallout over his meeting with the russian president at the g20 summit. >> i don't think we know the legal significance of this. and

u.s. to dramatically cut its diplomatic staff in russia. the kremlin leader hitting back at new u.s. sanctions that the president is expected to sign, but still hasn't. the president declining to speak publicly about the new slap by putin while vice-president pence had tough words for russia during a trip to eastern europe. >>> this hour, i'll talk about those stories and more with the top democrat on the senate armed services committee, jack reid. and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. >>> first, let's go to our senior white house correspondent jim accosta. jim, another abrupt exit from the trump white house today. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. as it turns out, the mooch was a bit too much, just hours after president trump insisted there was no white house chaos in his west wing. his staff once again descend into turmoil with the new communications director anthony scaramucci stepping down. a shake up apparently orchestrated by the new chief of staff here, john kelly. >> we just swore in general kelly. he will do a spectacular job. i have no doubt. >> reporte

u.s.-russia relationship.scussed important progress that was made in syria and i think all of you have seen some of the news that just broke regarding de-escalation agreement, a memorandum which was agreed between the united states, russia, and jordan. an area in southwest syria affects jordan's security, but also a very complicated part of the syrian battlefield. this de-escalation was agreed, well defined agreements on who will secure this area, a cease-fire has been introduced and i think this is our first indication of the u.s. and russia being able to work together in syria and as a result of that, we had a very lengthy discussion regarding other areas in syria we can continue to work together on to de-escalate the areas and the violence once we defeat isis. and to work together towards a political process that will secure the future of the syrian people. at the request of president putin, the united states has appointed and you have seen the announcement, a special representative for ukraine, he will dra

u.s. and russia have committed to monitoring the suits for them and ensuring humanitarian access to the areas initially security in these areas will be ensured by russian military police and close cooperation with the u.s. and jordan because now these three southern provinces that's like a lot of i've just mentioned they share a border with jordan which is also part of the agreement and they also share a border with israel and inside this is own is the golan heights this is a disputed area between syria and israel and it's a syrian territory but it's been occupied by israel that since the sixty's according to the u.n. and over recent weeks there's been a surge in exchange of fire in the golan heights and so it is a possibility that this deescalation zone could also help alleviate tensions here and prevent such incidents from happening in the future you know certainly this is a just really come into force of the last less than twenty four hours what's reaction been so far very positive so far we've heard from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson who said this new agreement is a sign that

u.s. now apparently backtracking on plans to restore relations with russia. you're watching r t international live from our moscow studio with me. welcome to the program. democrats on the media have rounded on donald trump's son over a meeting he held last year with a russian lawyer in response he has released the full email exchange from june twenty sixth detailing how the get together was set up trouble jr was initially contacted by an intermediary who talked about handing over quote very high level and sensitive information via russian noir the info supposedly incriminated hillary clinton and was part of moscow's effort to aid his father's campaign it apparently originated from a crown prosecutor of russia although that job title has raised more than a few eyebrows in the media that's because there is in fact no such official position in russia. being among the kate and confusing aspects to the story to as came to explain the story is like a rorschach test meaning that everyone sees a different picture and most of the media sees a picture of collusion entr

u.s. and russia as russian president putin orders u.s. ambassadors to kind of the country in response distinctions or heading toward a second cold war is to question. and western nations are criticizing china saying it needs to take more responsibility for north korea that china has a different story. and then a mixed feelings in the u.k. after a high court failed to prosecute former prime minister tony blair over the iraq war and bring you the story from london.