people focus in on that looking for a conflict when there really isn't there peter first of all russia u.s. relations of enormous importance to russia the united states remains russia's significant other and despite that discrepancy let me present you with another discrepancy if you look. at the balances of military power in the areas where actual tensions are taking place and where differences of interest are most acute the statistics are tiley the opposite of what you have presented no will be you're looking at russia's border here not looking at brussels border it's also the border of europe now on the border of nato and in this sense this sense alone the situation is more dangerous than the cold war because then the line of demarcation was not only far from the russian border but from the soviet border it's now on well that's a very good point you know richard but it's nato that went into russia's border was in russia they went in there was nowhere that was lost to go and it was their duty they can for russia there is a continuing discussion about need to expansion is not a big issue i

russia says it hopes the u.s. will make a balanced decision on whether to remain engaged in the landmark international deal to curb iran's nuclear program president from persecuted iran of not living up to the spirit of the twenty fifteen deal and is expected to refuse to endorse it next week we must not allow iran to obtain to obtain nuclear weapons the iranian regime supports terrorism and exports violence bloodshed and chaos across the middle east that is why we must put an end to iran's continued aggression and nuclear ambitions they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement. well that nuclear deal was described as a win win by many when it was approved two years ago during the barack obama administration it was signed by iran the u.s. russia china france the u.k. and germany it stops iran from producing materials that could be used for nuclear weapons now in turn economic penalties and embargoed against iran with an lifted the agreement must be certified by the u.s. president every ninety days the ne

to try to make those ties better his views on russia the russian u.s. relations could be described as quite outspoken got a quote here from him saying he's convinced russia did interfere in the u.s. election that is without any questions and he also says moscow continues to meddle in democratic processes of friends and allies he's promised to hold russian officials to account while he's here in the russian capital to end human rights abuses to meet dissidents so he's certainly going to take quite a tough hardline stance really we saw really the ceremony of him presenting his credentials to vladimir putin a normal ceremony for new ambassadors in the country they got a chance to meet the russian president for the first time after which he gave a speech very brief speech in those words he mentioned that the current level of relations within the u.s. and russia on satisfactory that the russians are also not happy about this and really russia seeks a respect of mutual relations on a respect for internal privacy not meddling in each other's internal affairs he

u.s. russia relations and all tension seem to have cooled at this point we can only wait and see if the departure of these last few diplomats will be the last word on the matter. french president emanuel micron has been hit by a fresh wave of criticism after cutting taxes for the wealthy he's responded by saying his latest tax reform is aimed at encouraging investment and promoting talent in the country however many people in paris don't agree warning the new leader is already becoming a president for the rich and that the reform will only worsen inequality in france our correspondent charlotte do penske has more. how do you know when you not just rich but you'll feel feet which. cars and race horses a definitely signs that eve more than a pretty penny to spend right. will not so much in france where the toys of the rich and famous no longer eligible for tax and that's causing quite a stir if you think this is a bore i think this is unfair but justice no longer exists in france there isn't a just

u.s. ambassador to russia john huntsman is being sworn in right now by the russian president vladimir putin hawkins joining me live now with more on the man daniel what do we know about jon huntsman what does he stand i suppose on u.s. russia relations. well rory jon huntsman's list of credentials his c.v. is certainly very long and very impressive he's former utah governor was in the roles of a presidential candidate in terms of diplomatic experience he served under two different administrations republican and democratic former master to singapore more importantly former ambassador to china another tough role given trump's outspoken views on relations with that country now he's been sent to russia who arrived in moscow just a couple of days back with his wife mary kay he's got the unviable to. trying to repair relations with russia at a time that they've reached an all time low according to the former us ambassador to moscow at least that's what he said now his views on russia are all quite outspoken he has been known to say that russia did interfere in the u.s. election there is no questi

u.s. and russia. it's official now kate in that ceremony we saw mr hunt's from met president putin shook his hand listen to his speech and took up his post officially him and his wife mary kay of course arrived in moscow just a few days ago he's got a very long and impressive c.v. it has to be said he was the governor of utah state in that in that post twice he was a bastard to singapore and later to china under both democratic and republican administrations he now has the task of trying to repair relations between the u.s. and russia something quite an enviable that has to be said given the complex relationship currently ongoing between the two countries. in terms of how he sees russia how he sees relations between the two countries and indeed russia's place on the world stage he could be described as a bit of a hard liner in some quite firm rhetoric about that let's take a listen. there is no question underline no question that the russian government interfered in the u.s. election last year and mos

u.s. ambassador to russia was sworn in at the kremlin by president putin amid a period of high tension between the two nations. good evening and welcome my name is the harvey this is r.t. . three hundred thousand people have come together in barcelona against the police brutality seen during catalonia is independence vote on sunday let's bring you some live pictures now from the catalan capital and as you can see the crowds out in numbers police who have been gathering that since choose day mourning waving independence flags they seem to be having a pretty good time as well enjoying themselves and they are quite simply refuse. interleave rallies backing the referendum and decrying the police followed that have been seen being held right across the catalonia region a general strike is also on the way it has been a culture of resisting tales from barcelona i was really surprised by dennis was he was treated by a lot as the n.e.p. but thousands of people that have gathered here and there are those that seek this to use the opportunity the tough against the it was that we saw on the streets agains

u.s. media outlets as quote unwelcome here in russia. it comes as u.s. authorities put unprecedented pressure on this channel according to the network's chief over claims are channel influenced the presidential election. division in spain intensifies as pro unity and pro independence demonstrators rally in catalonia plus madrid supposed to support for the national police now in the breakaway. low this is r.t. at two pm here live from moscow is kevin zero in with you with this hour's live news update and first than russia's prosecutor general is reportedly mulling over the option of recognizing some u.s. media channels as unwelcome here in russia that move is being considered as a retaliatory measure to a campaign against r.t. in the u.s. the channel's editor in chief says artie's under unprecedented pressure now in america she believes draconian measures are being used to target not just the network's employees but also those linked to us the campaign against party's been based on claims that our channel influenced the twenty sixteen us election although

elections or that russia meddled in the u.s. elections or that russia influenced the u.s. to elections there's no evidence that's been presented so what is the basis of all of these policies and all of this rhetoric it's based on nothing that decision that works have guidelines for outlets that are labeled as foreign agents and if they don't do you think it's possible that some sort of restrictions could be created in light of these developments. if that's the case and i'm going to say this the fact that senator mark warner from virginia had made multiple trips to the silicon valley to convince facebook executives to come up with some sort of evidence of russian bot activity on facebook that right there is a pure example of collusion that's real collusion between a silicon valley corporation and leading democrats and the obama white house that's the only clear case of collusion that we've seen so far in russia gate and so this is by definition this collusion between corporations and government if this is what's going to happen is if this is how the regulation is going to b

u.s.-russia deal handed out under the obama administration while clinton was secretary of state. cnn's jessica snyder has more from washington. >> reporter: dave and christine, house republicans are now launching a probe into the russian purchase of a uranium mining company approved by the obama administration several years ago when hillary clinton was secretary of state. now it's gaining steam now because of new reports that the russian entity approved for the purchase was simultaneously under investigation by the if ib fib for bribery and racketeering, fact, an executive eventually pled guilty and was sentenced. so that coupled with the fact that then secretary of state hillary clinton was involved in the approval of the deal at the same time the clinton foundation was allegedly accepting donations from business entities with an interest in the uranium deal. well that has made this a rallying point for republicans, amid their call for an all out congressional investigation. here's chairman of the house intelligence committee devon nunez. >> one of the things as you know we're c

u.s. ambassador to russia is sworn in at the kremlin by president putin made a period of high tension between the two nations. this is auntie international broadcasting live from moscow thank you for joining us i'm kate. thousands of people out in barcelona protesting against the police brutality he witnessed during catalonia independence vote on sunday these are the latest pictures from the council on capital a general strike and rallies are now being held all across the breakaway region medina question about reports from boss alona. that was the this really was the downstairs was he was treated by a lot as the rainy people alison's the people that have gathered here and there are others they see this as he used the afternoon tea room tough against the law and that we saw on the streets against the police raid dancing ordinary citizens of cats are lining up from the old saying we see here different kinds of people now not only sudanese or young people who came here are holding flags of independent counsel line and we see here families with small children we see other lead people here now som

u.s. and russia have agreed to work together on a new project to build a space station orbit the moon the station will serve as a launch pad for the space exploration including manned missions to mars we spoke to former. new things john projects like this help nations to improve their relations. this deep space gateway is one of the key components of the new architecture that is more moon centric now and it's basically a node a very small a human tended kind of a space station that will enable us to both explore the moon and also service a departure point to go farther into the universe including possibly where hopefully one day to mars we want to go to mars in my opinion i think it makes a lot of sense to go back to the moon first because we want to make sure that everything we send into mars before we send the crew there is going to work so we want to make sure habitats work the power sources power generators the rovers spacesuits we want to train crews there the moon is only three days away so if something goes wrong you can get your crew back pretty quickly what the d.s.t. does gives

russia has a new u.s. ambassador we'll find out more about him after this break. in case you're new to the game this is how it works not the economy is built around corporate corporations from washington washington media the media. voters elected to businessman to run this country business if. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. but the whole existence to do something. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to. have to try to be for us this is what before three in the morning can people get. interested always in the waters about our age. there should. ok back presenting it's out of this world space walk three sixty project this is the first ever virtual reality video from outer space. to find out more to r.t. correspondent jacqueline very good jacqueline virtual reality i know it's moving on in leaps and bounds and let's be honest this is the closest any of us will ever get to experience outer space sounds really exciting tell us more.

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netherlands are eliminated during a dramatic night of international football which also saw the u.s. russia. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us we begin this program in spain where the government is meeting right now to discuss its next step in the catalonia crisis now that's after the president used a much anticipated address last night to sign a declaration of independence only to then suspend it and call instead for dialogue with madrid the spanish foreign minister says that's trickery and warns the move could lead to more unrest. would he or wouldn't he in the end karla's pushed him on did a bit of both after declaring catalonia his right to independence he put the brakes on. we propose that the parliament suspend the effects of the declaration of independence so that in the coming weeks we undertake a dialogue without this it is not possible to reach a solution. but madrid says there can be no negotiation as long as the cattle and government pushes for all out independence it's also accused of saying one thing and doing another. it was the speech of a person who doesn't kno

in the fall by discussion club and our topic is u.s. russia relations and the state of the world. welcome back this week the pentagon confirmed victory for coalition led could these troops fighting islamic state in the syrian city of raka the defense department the operation is a significant breakthrough. we have a great success against what was once known as the core caliphate iraq in syria and now we're actually in the beginning i think the stone age and why for the caliphate it's rocket however the latest pictures from iraq all show that despite the victory it is now a virtual ghost town the destruction you can see here was caused by a combination of militias shelling and coalition air strikes aid agencies also say a huge effort will be needed to end the city's humanitarian crisis i still claim drac are as it's de facto capital back in two thousand and fourteen the first major offensive against the terrorists there began two years later used to be one of syria's largest cities now it is mainly in ruins. recently called mission after us is we're ready to demolish the whole build

u.s. election so they'll end up live. far beyond if it did it went far beyond facebook twitter you tube well the elaborate claim is that a supposedly russia linked site posed as part of the black lives matter movement and used the game to intensify u.s. racial tensions over no attempt is even made to explain how that might have influenced the u.s. election last year the site called don't shoot us encourage people to play pokie mongo in places where incidents of alleged police brutality had taken place to win prizes they were also instructed to name their poky moans off the victims of us police violence and we discussed the claims which originated on c.n.n. and then were faithfully repeated across the mainstream media with attorney jennifer breeden who says the allegations sound more than a little farfetched. if you're talking about pokey mungo go to somewhere with this . i mean we don't know what's happened we don't know the facts the evidence within this quote unquote c.n.n. best again but if you're talking about something like go to some place where a police brutality happened or something bad happened you can't force people to act and

russia killer saw. portion of the report is sponsored by george soros as well as the u.k. and u.s. embassies in the czech republic it certainly spares no criticism of those giving interviews on this channel. well we decided to are some of our guests that were mentioned in the list of useful idiots what they think about that description. development is somehow trashy it gets more and more aggressive across europe the political debates and one of these games they are playing. they are destroying the reputation of politicians they don't like i don't think that it's fair to say that we are simply hearers russian stooges i am not anti russian but sometimes i'm quite critical of russia over syria and over the detention of political prisoners like you and others. you know of course everybody has their agendas but i think he has certainly not tried to constrain my expression or the expression of many other people i know i work with a network we speak our mind and we're critical of the west when it's appropriate and were critical of russia when it's appropriate. the reality is there is a di

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his friends or incompetent one of the worst deals ever negotiated a deal was hammered out by the u.s. russia france the u.k. china germany and iran back in twenty fifteen if followed nine years of talks and a decade long standoff which many viewed at the time as one of the world's most pressing crises the international nuclear watchdog this been monitoring iran's compliance with the deal since two wrongs it keeping its side of the bargain that includes shipping and which to raney and so russia boiling thousands of centrifuges and removing the core from a react to take a nuclear facility some u.s. officials also backed the view iran has been good to its would while they european colleagues think trumps simply wrong on the issue. ron is in technical compliance of the agreement there and is not in material breach of the agreement and i do believe the agreement today there is delayed the development of a nuclear capability but. the signals we're getting from the united states are that the president will explain to the senate that in his view the nuclear agreement with iran is not being fulfilled

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we're here in southern russia attending the ball by discussion club and our topic is u.s. russia relations and the state of the world. in case you're new to the game this is how it works the economy is built around corporate corporations from washington to washington. voters elected to businessman to run this country business if. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. but with these gaming anymore i do sanctions are breaking but. it's a reality. the russian economy. and i know a lot of people who are looking for creative ways to get better results. welcome back this week the pentagon confirmed victory for coalition led kurdish troops fighting islamic state in the syrian city of raka the defense department hailed the operation a great success. we have a great success against what was once known as the core caliphate iraq in syria and now we're actually ending the beginning i think the stone age and why for the caliphate is rocket however the latest pictures from morocco show that despite the victory it's now a virtual ghost town the des

u.s. election. how come i'm never going to far beyond if it did it went far beyond facebook twitter you tube the elaborate claim was that a supposedly russia link to site posed as part of the black lives matter movement and use the game to intensify u.s. racial tensions however no attempt is even made to explain how that might have influenced the u.s. election we discussed the claims which did originate from c.n.n. with a number of experts they say the allegations sound more than a little farfetched. if you're talking about pokémon go go to somewhere where this poster child i mean we don't know what's happened we don't know the facts the evidence within this quote unquote c.n.n. investigation but if you're talking about something like go to some place where a police brutality happened or something bad happened you can't force people to act and i think if you're talking about just sanctioning in the united states between i there are some elements of black guys matter or the right extremists or the left extremists or some of the racist elements here i mean there is a problem in the united states of america there is a lot of hatred in so for

arabia makes his first ever official visit here to russia where the panic is set for what could be on the zito but in the future. president swears in the new u.s. ambassador to russia he has called multiple businesses. under moscow's meddling in the u.s. election take a look at it in the south to. q. studios here in moscow kevin always with you with this live updates at eight am here now this wednesday morning first focusing still on catalonia such big news from there now catalonia as leader has vowed to declare the regions independence from spain in the coming days on wednesday the local parliament set to announce the exact date for his declaration i later today meantime catalans have been on strike over madrid crackdown to try to prevent the referendum vote in the first place. has been following events in barcelona but some rambling here in cuts lonia can usually be described as one of the biggest crises spain has certainly in a generation some of that could possibly lead solicitously to not just this country but also exemplary around you. so what's been happening here is right. now for us all day alexander strike and kept coming out where w

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troops near russia's western border a move that according to most go violates a key agreement the country has with nato jacqueline very good joined me earlier to explain on thursday the u.s. announced the presence of a second regiment in the are already very tense baltic region and that's a move which moscow claims violates a fundamental peace treaty signed between russia and nato years ago and that was designed to and decades of cold war tensions which of course right now are again on the rise and the russian defense ministry spokesperson believes the additional deployment undermines russia's own security by surrounding it with hostile forces. in country to the claims of nato and the us only in significance of the troops approaching the russian border in fact now it's not a brigade but a u.s. mechanized military division so what's the pentagon's explanation for moving these forces what washington has of course repeatedly referred to russia as a threat that they must protect themselves and their european allies against but the pentagon itself or their spokesperson insists that this division has not there's nothing sinister about it that it's a purely defensive attitude w

all russia has a new u.s. ambassador i will find out more about him after this short break. that was always the number one concern the curse of oil because if prices go up and you get lazy and not diversified because you are making huge gains on the oil then the price went down. and you need to pump more oil to get. so the diversification of the russian economy never came but these sanctions forced diversification thank you very much the sanctions. i. welcome back the new u.s. ambassador to russia jon huntsman has been sworn in at the kremlin by president putin huntsman's an experienced envoy previously leading diplomatic missions across asia when appointed to singapore in one nine hundred ninety two he became the youngest us ambassador in this century he speaks mandarin and has also worked as a mormon missionary in taiwan for several years while trying to considered him for secretary of state before choosing rex tillerson huntsman is also said to have had business interests in russia with his family owning several chemical processing companies in the country daniel hawkins

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in the fall by discussion club and u.s. russia relations and the state of the world. in case you're new to the game this is how. the economy is built around. washington washington. voters elected to run this country business because. it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been for. a week of intense scrutiny through the channel coming under sustained attack for what critics are calling kremlin propaganda. explains. ati has been in the spotlight for a while under fire from government officials the media even think tanks here are some recent highlights. boris johnson led the charge in the u.k. house of commons with an attack on opposition m.p.'s who appeared on this channel if you study the output of of russia today it is a scandal it is a scandal that members of the party opposite are continuing to to validate to validate and to meet. that kind of propaganda by going on those programs but some of his fierce criticism of the foreign secretary of peers to have missed out a bit of important information his own conservative colleagues have also appeared a

and its impact on u.s. russia relations. join us to discuss this and more is dominique leven he is a research professor at. cambridge university a fellow of the british academy and of trinity college we also have william forth he is the daniel webster professor of government at dartmouth college and. he is the program director of the paul vi discussion group ok gentlemen let's talk about russa phobia. because you're a russian here if you travel around you know the world. give us an example of a recent phobia that you've experience well i think it's very clear in the days in the united states i was there just a couple of weeks ago and what shocked me for instance that when the massacre in los vegas happened several american t.v. channels paid more. broad costs to the so-called mentally. to the investigation of that terrible massacre and this is indicative i think we will be dealing with it was so full be. it states for for a good long while it would be i think we'd all agree that there's a there's something genuinely somethin

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u.s. with whom are they. with russiahave hit new lows such close cooperation could also seem quite surprising but despite saudi arabia's reignited love affair with the trumpet ministration the opec kingpin also needs russia a key and growing player both in the world energy market and in the middle east. us also reduce have released body camera video of police responding to the deadly last spaces shooting which claimed the lives of fifty nine people and injured over five hundred shots can be heard as offices trying to locate the gunman people out of the firing line. here good job at them for the. better for average driver thirty down down. this way just like this with the greatest of the go go go go go out without without without. well we want america.

we the confirmation from both the russia and the u.s., and then we will continue to think about the next steps. i am convinced that dialogue between the russia and the u.s. on strategic stability will continue. i am also convinced it is quite difficult to imagine a situation where a new hypothetical, virtual round of talks on further reduction of nuclear arsenals can take place in a bilateral format. the figures reflected in the current agreement reach more than just the arsenals of u.s. and russia. >> thank you. thank you and good luck. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: armed services committee chair, senator john mccain, and defense secretary toes mattis spoke briefly reporters on capitol hill following their meeting involving the recent attack on u.s. troops in niger. here is a look. >> what can you tell us about the meeting question mark -- the meeting? cain: acting deputy secretary and i just had another

u.s. and russia. >> thank you. >> thank you and good luck. [applause] >> julia and gwen, with longtime wall street journal reporter and a senior reporter with the investigative journalism newsroom is our guest this morning on the committee caters to talk about facebook, political ads, and russia. what have we learned in the past couple of months from the investigation into