and its you tube channel the freedom party celebrates its close ties to putin's united russia party. in. the after party leadership for bridge builders and peacemakers in moscow. in 2016 then head of the freedom party heinz christian structure signed a cooperation pact with the united russia party despite the rift between russia and the e.u. i think about 2000 foot seeing all the developments in 2014 especially the train they mobilized or they you know they made relations between the european far right and moscow more active those close ties have now brought the freedom party to its knees a secretly filmed video has emerged of heinz christians in a villa in a beezer spain it shows a woman claiming to be the niece of a russian oligarch promising illegal donations from under cleared sources apparently not a problem for staffer. there are a couple of very rich people who are contributing between 500000. and 2000000 euros . the contact was apparently arranged by johann goodness the parliamentary group leader of the freedom party goodness has long been known as to his right hand man and h

on its you tube channel the freedom party celebrates its close ties to putin's united russia party. the after party leadership for bridge builders and peacemakers in moscow. in 2016 that then head of the freedom party heinz christian structure signed a cooperation pact with the united russia party despite the rift between russia and the e.u. i think about 2000 foot seeing all the developments in 2014 especially trained they mobilized or they you know they made relations between the european far right and moscow more active those close ties have now brought the freedom party to its knees a secretly filmed video has emerged of heinz christians in a villa in a beezer spain it shows a woman claiming to be the niece of a russian oligarch promising illegal donations from under cleared sources apparently not a problem 1st off. there are a couple of very rich people who are contributing between 500000. and 2000000 euros . here is. the contact was apparently arranged by johann goodness the parliamentary group leader of the freedom party goodness has long been known as strong as right hand ma

states now is still very very toxic where russia is concerned so i think the. it's very good that the united states and russia are beginning to talk but the issues that divide the 2 countries now are very very deep very fundamental and that was clear in the press conference today and it's clear in the meetings that were held there's a little common ground but they're the issues still are very very crucial nothing could be more crucial and the question of easing the nuclear tensions between the united states and russia as we know since january 28th in the hands of the doomsday clock have been moved to 2 minutes before midnight that's crazy that's insane and the u.s. and russia still have more than a 1000 nuclear weapons pointed at each other on hair trigger alert at the same time as we're doing away with the nuclear arms control treaties the only one left is the new start treaty and that expires in february 2021 that one has to be extended we have to renew the i.n.f. treaty we have to restore the j c p o way the nuclear treaty with iran and there are things that can be done and must be done i

brazil and it's near the united states and other countries in the region for russia there is more of a geopolitical reasons yuki anything else for that and for the united states there's also any interest to keep russia away from the region but all this goes beyond an economic interest because this one of. the times in the past years our infrastructure is not what used to be crime is rampant and constant crisis and turmoil making and spencer richard she said any kind of industry so we have to take that into balance when we. you know shish and play out between russia and the united states did you actually the reporting from caracas tonight thank you. israel today marked its annual holocaust remembrance day commemoration ceremonies took place across the country the day she came to a standstill as people pause to remember the six million jews murdered by the nazis during world war two. and in poland the holocaust survivors led the annual three kilometer march of the living from auschwitz to birkenau to commemorate the victims a quarter of all those killed perished in the

russia the united states and iran are going to play out well i would say 1st of all we need to use the word allies a very cautious where because in some of the cases iran and russia has to work together but obviously in different conditions they would prefer different partners so given the necessity to cooperate on syria given the necessity to loke on energy market they need to talk from this point of view definitely russia has far less. era from when you were than the united states in the question of the nuclear program though russia doesn't the would like to see iran armed with a nuclear war more leaving the way yeah and given this latest news that the iran's supreme leader ali khamenei has ruled out negotiation with washington. but has said that is they won't go to war over this dispute. how can russia play act as a mediator and will weigh definitely more is not interested in iran turning in another hot poor and near to the borders of the porcelain space that russia trade already is now right now yes but it is not. in a state of war in the instability in terms of comparing with othe

states united states russia's meddling in iran also at the top of that list we are an incredibly dangerous situation now developing in the persian gulf with united states aircraft carrier battle group with all these sort of ships parked on iran's doorstep militant rhetoric flying around threats and counter threats we had might compare changes. and number of times over the last several weeks because of the rainy an issue 1st he said to meet with merkel in berlin he canceled that in order to fly to iraq and condemn condemn and threaten iran there then he canceled the trip to moscow in order to go to europe to try to convince europeans to pull back out of the iranian nuclear deal to support the united states as it to paedos that deal where he was. unsuccessful the europeans coming out very neutral urging the united states to stop trying to destroy the iranian nuclear deal urging the iranians to abide by their nuclear commitments so. there's a lot at stake in the situation really is on the knife's edge everybody urging including russians urging calm urging the iranians also to busy a

to change and do what the united states believes it should do nevertheless even here but such opposed views. said that conversation and dialogue between russia and the united states should continue that they should work on common ground try to find a solution to this crisis that is acceptable to everyone as indeed it must be in order in order to work but aside from the iran they talked about north korea remarking on solid progress that has been made both countries have very similar views on how to denuclearize the north korean peninsula north korea how to make sure that it is verifiable that north korea gives up its nuclear ambitions they will talk about the crisis in the war in yemen in syria in ukraine and of course meddling the russians insisting on what they have insisted for years that there was no meddling that not one says the united states come forward to the russians and offered proof. in writing in facts and figures of what it is that they accuse the russians of doing of how they meddled the russians say they won't be any grown up conversation until until that happens the americans on their behalf of their side saying that relation

what the united states believes it should do nevertheless even here but such opposed views. said that conversation and dialogue between russia and the united states should continue that they should work on common ground try to find a solution to this crisis that is acceptable to everyone as indeed it must be in order in order to work the biggest takeaway is that they have agreed to talk they have agreed that dialogue rather than sanctions and militant rhetoric is the best way forward and they've agreed to reopen previously suspended and shut channels of communication military financial cultural which is incredibly incredibly important so who's just optimism but stress on cautious former u.s. diplomat jim jatra says that moscow and washington will have to overcome some major obstacles in order to improve their relations. i understand that the russians especially want to talk about keeping the lines of communication open they talked to the about the americans as their so-called partners and so forth they expressed hope that would now that the moeller investigation is over there will be some freedom for mr trump to pursue the w

libya is now sort of russia and the united states agreeing to disagree there but saying that they will continue to talk the dialogue will continue also on iran much the same situation although not as radically opposed russia saying that it believes the iranian nuclear deal of 2015 is the best option going forward it's a system a platform a framework that's already established that will guarantee to the international community that iran isn't pursuing nuclear weapons the united states agreeing to disagree. but almost any moment we have many disagreements on the wrong now with you but the fact that we've started talking on this issue gives us hope that we will be able to achieve agreements if both sides show willingness to do that which i made clear that the united states will continue to apply pressure to the regime in tehran until its leadership is prepared to return to the ranks of responsible nations that do not threaten their neighbors or spread instability or terror. now the interesting thing here is i listen to the press conference the entirety of it almost every time that might c

topics in which russia and the united states could easily corporate such as oil production among the top producing countries in the world they could talk about the market supplying the global community. also. have a lot at stake there russia especially with. terror that's being exported out of the drugs the united states likewise they could talk with north korea. north korea nuclear rising the peninsula a whole host of topics expressing hope that now as i said could be the turning point. with his american counterpart think about every hot issue hot topic in the world every crisis that's happening in the world right now starting a business with a. chunk of that time spent on that and. they agreed to disagree on venezuela we have disagreement i urge my russian colleagues to support the venezuelan people as they return democracy to their country. the united states and more than 50 other nations agree that the time has come for nicolas maduro to go he's brought nothing but misery to the venezuelan people. and we hope that the russians support. for my girls will and democracy to sheila and

the military operation in the gov region which couldn't give the united states want russia to stop supporting nicolas maduro in venezuela that also something that. couldn't guarantee but then there were some baby steps some small progress on other issues like north korea where both nations the united states and russia support a dialogue with north. there was some progress and most importantly on. control important. earlier this year only one significant. new start treaty will expire in 2021 well both nations now seem to agree to continue dialogue on having an extension or possible different. forces because they said despite. the. need to get along to have a better situation in the world iran's supreme leader has ruled out negotiations with washington and nuclear program but he also said there wouldn't be a war zone but robbie has more. in the immediate aftermath of a legit sabotage attacks on oil vessels at the port in the united arab emirates like other countries in the region iran was quick to condemn the incident demand an investigation and offer support on tuesday a carefully worded state

brazil and it's nearer to the united states and other countries in the region for russia there is more of a geopolitical reason to be anything else for that and for the united states there's also an interest to keep russia away from the region but all this goes beyond the economic interests because this one. times in the past years our infrastructure is not what it used to be crime is rampant and constant crisis and turmoil making and spencer richard she said any kind of industry so we have to take that into balance when we. you know shish and play out and in russia and the united states the group's leader reporting from caracas tonight thank you. from south america to africa sudan has seen another day of protest as people from across the country came to the capital to join what was billed as a million person march tens of thousands of took part in the mass rally in her two they're trying to pressure the military to hand over power to a civilian government the army alstad president omar al bashir in mid april and took over the country's interim leadership but protesters f

brazil and it's nearer to the united states and other important countries in the region for russia there is more of a geo political dissent you key evidence for that and for the united states there's also an interest to keep russia away from the region but it always goes beyond the economic interests because there's little. times in the past years our infrastructure is not what used to be crime is rampant and constant crisis and turmoil make it and spencer richard just said any kind industry so we have to take that into balance when we. go shish and play out between russia and the united states did you actually hear reporting from caracas tonight thank you where europe has been criticized for its relative silence this week regarding events have been is way low earlier we spoke to andreas nick he is a member of the german parliament with chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party and he sits on the foreign affairs committee. i think we have a clear position that you undertow is a legitimate interim president of venezuela in accordance with the constitution of an assailant. we call on everyone

often to gather with military and on forces today and ask you what about the influence of russia and the united states and venezuela tonight is russia tonight at least looking like it has the upper hand. well there are analysts that suggest that in the future and that's what i was in the hands of negotiations between russia and the united states and that's what we have been seeing that's in the past unique it is evidence that both countries want to broaden what happens here and i asked him to. hear a little strategy that any kind of economic interest there is nothing in the next way that russia can get a better price elsewhere in iraq that their their presence here is priceless because that's my last oil resources and borders with a long yeah brazil and it's near the united states and other countries in the region for russia there is more of a geopolitical be sent to kiev as well and for the united states there's also an interest to keep russia away from the region but all this goes beyond the economic interests because there's little. times in the past years our infrastructure is not what used

more of them together with military and on forces today and asked what about the influence of russia and the united states in venezuela tonight is russia tonight at least looking like it has the upper hand. well there are analysts that suggest that in the future and that's what i was in the hands of negotiations between russia and the united states and that's what really happened seems to have has unique it is evidence that both countries want to broaden what happens here and it has to do with own cheerful little strategy and any kind of economic interest there is nothing in venezuela that russia can get a better price elsewhere in the world that they are their presence here is priceless because that's why last well resources and borders with a long brazil and it's nearer to the united states and other countries in the region for russia there is more of a geopolitical distance you keep in venezuela and for the united states there's also an interest to keep russia away from the region but all this goes beyond an economic interest because there's little. times in the past years our infrastructure is

yes we're seeing this back and forth between russia and the united states from tail saying that they want russia cuba iran out of venezuela but in the past russia has already answered back saying that in order for russia to leave venezuela them the united states will have to leave syria first and most definitely russia is talking about the possibility of some type of dialogue that includes countries like euro why mexico that have been in a way outside the group the thirteenth of the countries involved including the united states countries like brazil and argentina that have been pushing for a changing government here in venezuela the possibilities right now for a dialogue are almost nonexistent especially because of the stance of the united states and all of it as well and oppositions so what's in for russia in all of this russia has been a crucial supporter since the government of chavez already back in the year two thousand and two after there was an attempt to who were against what chavez mostly by the opposition but also supported by the united states russia has slowly become a st

point is that the only way to is going to be able to get it through with russia is if it looks like a complete victory for the united states and also that's probably going to be on except the bill in the in moscow so i mean as i said earlier what they're basically trying to do here in russia as far as i can see as far as the russian russian expert community and you know political class are saying is to try to stop relations getting any worse because as i mentioned like i mean it was a situation where on american primetime television yesterday you know meghan mccain and john mccain's daughter described moscow's decision safe and if you go on twitter right now you just type into the search bar you see how so names in america famous keep six essentially accusing some of treason just for talking to. i mean we reached a stage now where the present united states is not able to talk to the president of the country which is that has the second most powerful military in the world and the sixth largest economy in the world and they can talk to each other without being attacked from all sides in the united states mean elements

no collusion between the trump campaign and russia so basically this sort of clears the sky for a future relationship a better relationship between the united states and russia but of course the talks also between the 2 foreign ministers but also with putin still dominated by the differences between the 2 countries the 2 superpowers but they have decided that for basically world peace it's better that the 2 the united states and russia get along not about any potential disagreement on iran more do we know about that well that's one of the key issues that's where they have still many differences. of us hoping to hear from peo that there's not going to be any military intervention in iran that he also could give some more information about these 120000 u.s. troops that were allegedly being sent there no clarification no guarantees were given by peo of course russia is an important ally of iran and they have a lot of military and economic issues at stake so at the moment that's not going to be solved there's also a lot of differences on venezuela that's another issue that they didn't make any progress on but there are some progress things to b

guarantees on too profound a military operation in the gov region which couldn't get the united states want russia to stop supporting nicolas maduro in venezuela that also something that last laugh of couldn't guarantee but then there were some baby steps some small progress on other issues like north korea where both nations the united states and russia support a dialogue with north korea also afghanistan there was some progress and most importantly on the arms race the arms control after the important intermediate nuclear forces treaty collapsed earlier this year there's only one significant nuclear treaty in place which is the new start treaty that will expire in 2021 well both nations now seem to agree to continue dialogue on having an extension or a possible different agreement on nuclear forces because they. despite differences the 2 still need to get along to have a better situation in the world. the united states military is investigating an alleged attack for oil tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates this comes as iran's foreign minister said his country had anticipated event

abandoned basically earlier this year by both the united states 1st and then russia simply now is only one nuclear treaty still in place which will expire in 2021 now. there is a possibility that the united states wants to extend this treaty but donald trump has already announced he wants to include china in the talks as well and the next few weeks a dialogue will restart about this very important nuclear treaties which basically shows to the world that the united states and russia are trying to make the world a safer place. thanks very much indeed. well iran's supreme leader ali khamenei has ruled out negotiation with washington over its nuclear program but also said there wouldn't be a war iran's ambassador to the united nations has denied his country's involvement in an incident at a port in the united arab emirates and left for cargo ships damage because more now . in the immediate aftermath of a legit sabotage attacks on oil vessels at the port in the united arab emirates like other countries in the region iran was quick to condemn the incident demand an investigation and offer su

analyststs tt say that the future ofof venezua live -- lieses in the hands of e ties between russia and united states. this has to do with geopolitical strategy more so than any kind of economic interest. there is nothing in venezuela that russia can't get a better price for the rest in the world -- four in the rest of the world. but they have borders with colombia and brazil and it is near the united states and other foreign countries of the region. for russia, there is more of a geopolitical reason to be in menace weather. for the united states, -- to be in venezuela. fofor the united states, thehers a reason to keep brurush out off it. our infrastructure is not what it usesed to be. crime e and turmoil makes it an expensive place to set any kind of industry. that is what we have to keep in mind when we seek negotiations playing out between them, russia and the united states. brent: thank you. from south america to africa. sudan has seen another day of protests. people came to the capital to join what was billed as a million person march. has of thousands took part in a mass rally. the army

it is an amazing number of warheads looking at the missiles between russia and the united states. there would be some comfort if we could have better relations with china and russia and the united states. >> it would be nice if we could but it is a militant state. the us 130 cargo plane blinded two of the pilots temporarily. when you try to blind the pilot of a plane you are intending to bring it down then you are intending to kill the crew. we also learned they cause grave injuries to our diplomats at the consulate. they are priming americans. lou: based on the attack which was injurious to the staff there. >> yes. china is an enemy. i would like to have great relations with china and we could if not run by a communist state but we are in for a long-term struggle because china made it very clear the competition from the us they do not play fair and they have not. lou: and joe biden he said china is not a competitor of the united states. one of the exclamations was come on man. he could say anything. >> that comment by itself disqualifies him as a presidential candidate. the presid

nuclear weapons due to righty factors one of the key of which is the rising tension between the united states russia. now that the the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons this exists but has not yet been ratified it's received only 23 of the 50 ratifications into needs so that it can be enforced why do you think it is missing these artificial means well it depends on the countries right some countries are in the process and and they are going through the mandatory government internal government reviews of how the treaty is compatible with existing policies that say some countries are waiting for the signature of the parliament has come through the british and other countries are genuinely reluctant to join a treaty because because they might have doubts about its efficacy because nuclear weapons possesses have its press very stern a position to the treaty and declared that they have no intention of signing it's in any receive a future or wherever and a lot of the countries don't support the treaty our allies states diggler and they foresee a role. in national security so until they figure o

ziv brothers tax evasion and money laundering in the united states and russia. more redactions. according to them trump jr. asked questions about how the payments could be tied specifically to the trump campaign. veselnitskaya said she could not trace the money once the united states. similarly recalled what they had on clinton and trump became aggravated and asked what are we doing here. asked about u.s. sanctions under mag knitsey act and russia's adoption of u.s. children. several recall trump jr. commented a private citizen and there was nothing they could do at the time. trump jr. said they could revisit the issue if and when they were in government. notes taken on the phone reflected the conversation, although not all of its details. at some point in the meeting kushner sent anni message followed by two e-mails kushner & company requested they call him to give him an excuse to leave. recalled kushner be part of the meeting before concluded. veselnitskaya recalled the same when interviewed by the press in july 2017. veselnitskaya's interviews and written statements to congre

, one of russia's goals here is to weaken the united states. and in many of these issues, we really don't need russia's help in resolving issues like north korea. iran managed to insert themselves a little more in, as in syria, but really, can the united states not figure it out together with our western allies without russia's so-called help? there ought to be ways to do that. there ought to be creative diplomacy to do that. i would hope so. >> u.s. allies didn't give pompeo the warmest welcome. didn't give him a group meeting, as he asked for. i wonder on iran, people may forget russia was a signatory and remains a signatory to the iran nuclear deal. supports staying in that deal. should we expect putin to be lobbying pompeo and the trump administration to somehow find their way back to the deal or at least not blow it up more? >> well, i think we can certainly expect that. russia is pretty close to iran, actually. it's been one of the big sort of geopolitical shifts of the past several years. the fact that historically russia and iran have a

is the topic of in this way because of course high tensions there this week between the united states and russia given their warnings to one another not to intervene in the situation that has been unfolding there in recent days as you know the united states is supporting the interim leader one why dole well russia is supporting president nicolas maduro in venezuela and we have heard from the russian foreign minister that those positions are not compatible but that russia is willing to talk to the united states about that so we expect that the u.s. secretary of state will speak next week with his counterpart about those issues but there is a lot of concern about the tensions that have been escalating there given the fact that the united states has said repeatedly that it is not ruling out any sort of u.s. military intervention in venice with the exact quote from the national security advisor john bolton was in fact that not only are all options on the table but when it comes to russia it should back off because that as well isn't what he called our hemisphere so there have been warnings from russ

russia. we worked against pipeline projects that would further expand vladimir putin's influence. we strengthened reforming nato so the alliance can present a united front. we approve russia's noncompliance with the inf and walked away from a treaty that moscow had turned into a sham. the trump administration has, over russian objections, twice, and forced president obama's redline in syria after asad's use of chemical weapons. with respect to election security congress appropriated hundreds of millions of dollars in state governments to shore up their systems. the administration increased information sharing, department of homeland security and cooperation with the states and according to press reports the department of defense expanded its capabilities and authorities toward cyberthreats to our democracy. no longer do we just hope moscow respects our sovereignty. these are a few examples and there is evidence there having an effect. we had the 2018 midterm elections. we just had the 2018 midterm elections. thanks to this administration's leadership all 50 states and more than 1400 local election jurisdictions focused on election security like ne

relations between russia and the united states as is well know the best there's a whole hoost of issues to get through and coming here i compare was urged by senior democrats busy congressman congresspersons to act tough to throw his weight around and show the russians what's what fortunately he seems to be acting a little more grown up a little more constructive judging by the opening comments on pretty much most of the external mccarthy we see there are certain suspicions and prejudice from both sides but it's not a win win scenario for us that mutual mistrust hinders both u.s. and russian security and causes concern around the globe so it's time for a new and more responsible approach to our relations and mutual perception we're ready to do that if i us colleagues show reciprocation towards that i'm here today because president trump is committed to improving this relationship as as i think he said we have differences we each country will protect its own interest look out for its own interests of its people. but it's not it's not just that we're adversaries on every issue there's a w

m p o i the and we're hoping that turkey can so as a bridge between east and west between united states russia china and other members of europe the united nations to find solutions to the ongoing problems in yemen in iraq in syria in kashmir in cyprus and we would like to find solutions not problems so the americans also argue that they turks train pipeline which will carry russian gas through turkey to the e.u. threatening to european energy security while turkey is increasingly falling into dependency from moscow as a cancellation of a preferential trade status connected to turkish corporation with russia on this pipeline. i hope not i don't know that is a question you have to ask the american this asian makers but turkey's cooperation with russia is not a threat to europe turkey's cooperation with russia which would provide rushing gas to europe is an advantage is a promise to europe to find solutions when russia and ukraine had their differences and european countries could not access russian gas because of the problems or through ukraine they were the ones who felt the need for other alt

united states, which is zero means zero. yes, sir. question. jonathan with reuters. you talk about how russia and theirare increasing development of nuclear weapons and modernizing. because of the reemergence of this great power competition, to what extent they are reacting to the united states modernization, beginning the the development of stockpile stewardship program, the billions that were poured into that. the billions that were poured into the modernization of u.s. , and what is going on right now -- of u.s. warheads, and what is going on right now. to what extent are they reacting and trying to catch up with the united states, or is this just something that they undertook independently of where the united states has been going? >> china and the russians are going to see us as competitors and make sure they have capabilities that they can deter the u.s. or allied or nato operations, whether in the indo pacific range or into eastern europe. there is a natural evolution that we have this additional capabilities to shore up their nuclear capabilities. it is space counterspace, that is ano