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his release was unexpected but sarah brannock of is not allowed to leave moscow and still stand trial. and we end this evening with some much needed good news for a group of captive whales in russia his plight prompted an outcry from the public and even from celebrities like leonardo dicaprio authorities have signed a deal with international scientists to free the nearly one hundred whales the orca and beluga whales have spent months in cramped pens near the sea of japan. that's after a company called them to export them to china images of the whale sparked a campaign to free them and forced moscow to intervene. for those whales. thanks for the company everybody. looks a bit. linked to news from africa moral or link to exceptional stories and discussions from the news as easy with safety deputed comes here to join us on facebook. for go. to that new romex you tube channel.

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on the rail line between moscow and st petersburg. that has a small old town and its share of famous authors and artists and someday a rock star named tanya she hopes. the road to fame leaves her little time for anything else but tanya sure it would be even harder in a big city. that i'd never go to my city isn't as hectic as moscow or as sleepy as st petersburg need to get in the case somewhere in between yeah i could live d.n.a. so on and give my concepts a must. but first she has to win on goalless one of russian television's most watched shows. and its hunger for new talent seems insatiable. goalless is the russian version of the world famous talent show the voice now licensed in sixty three countries and two thousand and fifteen a separate edition was launched for youngsters from age seven to seventeen. tania has private singing lessons with voice teacher musharraf your. attorney has an unusually strong will to sing rock you have to have an inner motive force that you can't sing from sheet music here. and often that motive force

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zelinsky is going to have to deal with ukraine's numerous challenges ending a five year war with moscow back separatists in the east that's killed more than thirteen thousand people fixing a struggling economy and the government's rising debt following through on his promise to fight corruption and stamp out the influence of oligarchs and also pushing through much needed reforms zelinsky doesn't have a proper party of his own and he's likely to face stiff opposition in parliament. i let's bring in our guests joining me on skype from care valentini professor of political science at the national university of kiev academy from berlin where we broke now jon benet professor in european studies at stanford university berlin and also on skype from moscow dmitri babbage political analyst so god near newsagency welcome to the program let's begin with valentyn yeah first it's clear that the new president has significant challenges on his hands but haps the most important one is to actually get some parliamentary support he doesn't have a political party is there a danger he could be a lame duck

you see sara in the first round we had a candidate who actually travel to moscow basically to show that he was supported by the russian leadership he met with the prime minister and with the head of russia's gas monopoly gazprom and he came in fourth place so i think after the war of this long conflict with russia being seen as moscow's friend doesn't pay off at the ballot box here in ukraine having said that of the petro poroshenko has been the face of ukraine standing up to russia on the world stage he's really put trade himself as the commander in chief and someone who'd stand up to putin so in that sense he has less baggage potentially he would be in a position to restart talks and to start a new page but for now it really seems like a consensus in ukraine that no one really wants to be seen as moscow's best friend connelly in kiev thank you nick. so let's head to football now and the german team i'm trapped frankfurt made a remarkable comeback in the europa league to reach the semifinals of a european competition for the first time since one nine hundred eighty they trailed portugu

international from moscow. to . join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then . came here where you were before you came here when you live. in many u.s. states capital punishment is still practiced convicted prisoners can spend years waiting for execution but most of the time the victims' families they are very much in favor the death penalty there are some people because of what they do have given up their right to live among us somebody even proven innocent after years on death row and how many more exonerations is it going to take before we as a society realize that this is not working and we actually do something about. i'm after a time when you want you're going underground and while we're away we'll be screening some of your favorite episodes of the season coming up in this show is britain at risk of an imminent terror attack we speak to the president of syria's talk media advisor dr with a michigan a

on the rail line between moscow and st petersburg. it has a small old town and its share of famous authors and artists and someday a rock star. she hopes. the road to fame leaves her little time for anything else but tanya sure it would be even harder in a big city. but i know what i want my city isn't as hectic as moscow or as sleepy as st petersburg you get in the case somewhere in between yeah i could live on and get my concerts the most. but first she has to win on goalless one of russian television's most watched shows. and it's hunger for new talent seems insatiable. goalless is the russian version of the world famous talent show the voice now licensed in sixty three countries in two thousand and fifteen a separate edition was launched for youngsters from age seven to seventeen. tanya has private singing less. voice teacher musharraf your. turn has an unusually strong will to sing rock you have to have an inner motive force that you can't sing from sheet music here. and often that motive force is what kids don't have so they're

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zelinsky is going to have to deal with ukraine's numerous challenges ending a five year war with moscow back separatists in the east that's killed more than thirteen thousand people fixing a struggling economy and the government's rising debt following through on his promise to fight corruption and stamp out the influence of oligarchs and also pushing through much needed reforms zelinsky doesn't have a proper party of his own and he's likely to face stiff opposition in parliament. i let's bring in our guests joining me on skype from care valentini professor of political science at the national university of kiev academy from berlin only broker jon benet professor in european studies at stanford university berlin and also on skype from moscow dmitri babbage a political analyst so god near newsagency welcome to the program let's begin with valentyn yeah first it's clear that the new president has significant challenges on his hands but haps the most important one is to actually get some parliamentary support he doesn't have a political party is there a danger he could be a lame duck presi

netanyahu is in the russian capital for a meeting with president vladimir putin before leaving for moscow netanyahu told reporters he would discuss syria and security ties with russia remember this visit just five days before the israeli general election let's check in with step vasta now in moscow for more on this interesting time to be making a trip so close to a general election one of russia got to discuss. well this a trip seems all to be about the timing just five five days before the israel elections and as it has been reported. is carrying the so-called peace plan on syria which you have family also showed to donald trump about the foot in spokesman said that he has no idea what exactly this peace plan is that nathan ya is talking about but if there is such a plan that he is willing to discuss and consider this but as most analysts here in moscow say this is all more about a photo opportunity a very high profile photo opportunity for knit and youde to show that he is an international leader that he traveled to washington to moscow meets all of these leaders while his contenders. a

in moscow and it's truly a beautiful sight inside people from around moscow all around russia and even the world are celebrating russian orthodox easter what they call here is pasco now the midnight mass has already begun under way and patriarch correll of the church is leading the service with high profile people such as prime minister dmitri medvedev also in attendance now traditionally this mass is held in many different languages as although it's very you know as orthodox christians are many from russia but also from countries like greece and egypt and ex soviet countries now earlier we were informed of the arrival of what's called the holy fire now basically orthodox tradition holds that fire spontaneously appears in jerusalem every orthodox easter where jesus christ was resurrected on the stone slab where he was resurrected and that fire is then brought via candles on planes to different orthodox countries around the world and we've gotten word that it's already arrived here in moscow now it's believed that the fire doesn't burn people and that worshipers around the world go to t

here in moscow a very busy time for worshippers explain what's happening around. hi there for the viewers that weren't with us an hour ago to see this beautiful site that's the church of the christ of savior cathedral right behind us and inside christians from all around russia are celebrating russian orthodox easter or pasco as they call it here and the midnight the midnight mass is already underway it's being led by patriarch kirill of the russian orthodox church and many high profile people are in attendance like prime minister dmitri medvedev and it's really an important occasion for christians all over the world but especially in russia because orthodoxy is the predominant religion here and traditionally this mass is held in old slavonic church language but parts are done in different languages from all over the world as orthodox people do come from countries like greece egypt and other ex soviet republics now earlier we spoke to people preparing to attend the mass within the cathedral and they talked to us about what the what the celebration and the holiday

first visit to moscow. thank you. for your hotel you don't know so i'm going to hide. your full receipts i wish that i moved in there remember my visit to your country russia is full of new things so you know father would you want to know because then you're not here usually to go to the go to your foolishness of signing the framework of friendship agreement between our countries. we. want to see. for know what jill. we are so good to to get a feel we didn't speak you watch tributes you would know what i see you and confident opposed to your visit to russia today will also have contributed more to strengthening relations between our countries and it will help us to find a way to resolve the situation on the korean peninsula what we can do what to russia can do to support the positive for also sees that take place today. and i. can give probably. today how it was you know you're pretty good thing for the russians for we certainly welcome your efforts in developing the dialogue between the two koreas and it will not only is it. and your efforts to normalize make of relat

good morning is just gone nine am here in moscow you're watching the international now but in the last two hours flirting with hootin and kim jong un have sat down together at their historic summit in russia president putin welcomed his north korean counterpart in the far eastern city of that involved stock. ok well let's go straight to that evil. correspondent. anyhow live again we know that the ladies have been talking for around perhaps two hours or so and this plenty for them to come. hi again andrew well a one on one behind closed doors more talks alongside advisors and government ministers and finally an extra round of discussions at a dinner table with caviar that was the plan and the first ever historic summit of kim jong un and vladimir putin is underway and i can tell you that we were only shown three c. is when the chairman and the president were together first we saw the handshake outside university doors that's right the summit is happening at a university and vladivostok we saw very friendly faces and the leaders kept repeating things like nice to meet you good to meet yo

we know it has been a very big topic in this election who is moscow's preferred candidate on the of crimean side. you see in the first round we had a candidate who actually travel to moscow basically to show that he was supported by the russian leadership he met with the prime minister and with the head of russia's gas and awfully gas from and he came in fourth place so i think off the wall of this long conflict with russia being seen as moscow's friend doesn't pay off at the ballot box here in ukraine having said that the petro poroshenko has been the face of ukraine standing up to russia on the world stage he's really put straight himself as the commander in chief and someone who'd stand up to putin so in that sense has less baggage potentially he would be in a position to restart talks and to start a new page but for now it really seems like a consensus in ukraine that no one really wants to be seen as moscow's best friend . that was nick connelly a bit earlier now in northern ireland a twenty nine year old journalist was killed by gunfire during a riot in the suburb of the city

good morning is just turned ten am this monday the first of april here in moscow. international this thirty minute update starting with this story then the internet needs more regulation and government should play an active role in policing it says facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg he wants rules to cover areas like harmful content election integrity and privacy. reports. who would have thought that it could come to this face book begging governments to tame the wild wild web the police censor and control it to think it all began innocently people want to go on the internet check out their friend someone at the website that offers that i am talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online it was so simple then a place for teenagers to share their relationship status for friends to share pictures announce parties keep in touch but somewhere along the line facebook group dark gathering and selling people's personal information bots fake news election meddling censorship and suspensions targeting innocent people at times and the videos

you see sara in the first round we had a candidate who actually travel to moscow basically to show that he was supported by the russian leadership he met with the prime minister and with the head of russia's gas monopoly gas from and he came in fourth place so i think off the wall of this long conflict with russia being seen as moscow's friend doesn't pay off at the ballot box here in ukraine having said that of the petro poroshenko has been the face of ukraine standing up to russia on the world stage he's really put trade himself as the commander in chief and someone who'd stand up to putin so in that sense has less baggage potentially he would be in a position to restart talks and to start a new page but for now it really seems like a consensus in ukraine that no one really wants to be seen as moscow's best friend nick connelly in kiev thank you nick. french president emmanuel knock on is needing a unesco officials today to discuss ideas for we building paris's fire damaged of saddam cathedral the un's cultural agency overseeing global heritage heritage issues. hopes to rebuild the ca

we'll look at why moscow is using soft power to get a foothold in afghanistan. hello again and welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across europe we have plenty of disturbed weather but the big change is happening here across eastern europe where the middle of the week we saw some really nice conditions were air as well but that is all change right now and we do have a funnel boundary that's making its way down towards the south bring some colder air with it across parts of north western russia north eastern europe as well temperatures are going to be coming down for some of those locations so for moscow here on sunday we're going to be starting with sixteen degrees notes that the rain has already pushed through but across much of north eastern europe we're still talking about rain across parts of warsaw into berlin as well the rain's going to continue across much of that region even getting heavier as we go into monday so nice weather though down here across a bear peninsula temperatures are into the mid twenty's for madrid we're going

well to moscow has his workshop in south room. the base for this creation is an egg of white chocolate. to make the stems fountain moscow he uses is a multiple guess substitute. the confectioner also in studies designs by great twentieth century couture creates for his ideas face chocolate sculptures. among others the and avant garde concepts and spanish fashion designer christabel blend santa has drawn his attention. level journey and a lot more that they live throughout history fashion hasn't always been tailored to the human body in practical ways but turned into genuine art works they operated out willy they do a year we'd also succeeded in a lemonade in the end of time a cool shape of the human body as well as the original shape of the egg it was. ok love form are all void ali in christian tradition this easter is the year's most important facet of all for the celebrations on thing peter's square in the vatican tourists come from around the world. are a part of easter they stand for the resurrection of christ. fashion models

this monday the twenty ninth of april live from moscow it's r.t. h.q. kevin with me for this half world news update thanks for joining first the more details in about the deadly shooting at the weekend in the synagogue near the californian city of san diego it seems a lone victim reportedly died trying to save the local rabbi the police detained a nineteen year old man in connection with the instant which took place during a service on saturday to mark the jewish holiday of passover the suspect reportedly posted an anti semitic message online before the attack authorities are investigating whether or not the incident is indeed a hate crime this is authorities say the community should now stay united. someone filled with hate. when am. attacked the congregants at the hub out of our way an attack against our jewish brothers and sisters. fortunately that person was apprehended and now this community comes together a horrible loss of life. the suspect in california said to be motivated by last month's mosque shootings in new zealand but it's not the only ha

you see in the first round we had a candidate who actually travel to moscow basically to show that he was supported by the russian leadership he met with the prime minister and with the head of russia's gas monopoly gas from and he came in fourth place so i think off the wall of this conflict with russia being seen as moscow's friend doesn't pay off at the ballot box here in ukraine having said that of the petro poroshenko has been the face of ukraine standing up to russia on the world stage he's really put trade himself as the commander in chief and someone who'd stand up to putin so in that sense has less baggage potentially he would be in a position to restart talks and to start a new page but for now it really seems like a consensus in ukraine that no one really wants to be seen as moscow's best friend nick connelly in kiev thank you nic now to northern ireland to a twenty nine year old journalist was killed by gunfire during a riot in a suburb of the city of london derry the violence erupted after a large number of police searched a house in the area police identified the woman a

russia with headline news around the world this is the international tuesday evening eight here in moscow who called in by with this hour's update headlining this hour for you vladimir putin has brushed off the entire modern investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election as total nonsense and aimed at a domestic audience the russian president told the international optic forum in some petersburg that it was clear from the beginning that there would be no collusion between the kremlin and donald trump reports. international arctic forum where first of all the journalists and the audience on the other hand at the main discussion event wanted to hear answers to questions that had nothing to do with the arctic the journalist that was leading the way of the discussion actually made it clear at one point that he wants to stay away from climate change melting ice is c o two emissions and talked of lot of more potent for some time about international relations and specifically how moscow is getting along with washington and indeed ever since the robert miller investigation

they do the morning moscow time russia fires back at the united states over allegations of election meddling in twenty sixteen now clearly the report. former us vice president joe biden reportedly kicks off a fundraising campaign for running twenty twenty presidential election raising questions about unity right now among the democrats. we need to like come together to figure out where united which they're going to be and focus. all of this get together to work this out. facebook shuts the door on the right wing in britain branding some as dangerous individuals and organizations coming up to get reaction to the tech giants decision. yes facebook does have responsibility this stuff does make a difference and i completely agree with tech kids they have a. policy about keeping evil people off social media. good morning this is out international law from moscow at the weekend would make heaven and welcome to this latest news update first then the russian embassy in washington has fired back at the newly released report on russia collusion published a hefty document with the heading russia gate h

your moscow this is old news review of the week with me this sunday morning starting more detail on a story this back in the headlines nearly a year on is just mentioned a man who survived a nerve agent attack in the u.k. says he's being kept in the dog on the country's ongoing investigation about it charlie rowley put all his unanswered questions then to the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander. now mr rowley and this. is fairly well you may recall. the city of amesbury in june last year and actually police suspected a drug overdose but then claimed the couple had been poisoned by novacek just passed away a week later charlie rowley met with mr cohen the russian embassy in london artie's nisha sethi reports. feeling so many of his questions were left unanswered by the u.k. government charlie has met with damaged out to the russian ambassador to london now he has lost his partner to suffering from the terry writing house and he's also been confused by u.k. media speculation regarding the poisoning of his partner and say in your script lost it by what was said to be even if they di

well to moscow has his workshop in south room. the base for this creation is an egg of white chocolate. to make the stones down to moscow he uses is a multiple guess substituting. the confectioner also studies designs by great twentieth century kuta v.a.'s for his ideas face chocolate sculpture ends. among others the ever guide concepts of spanish fashion designer christabel n.c.r. that has drawn his attention. level journey and get a lot more that they live throughout history fashion hasn't always been tailored to the human body in practical ways but turned into genuine art works. we're living through a year we've also succeeded in a lemonade in the anytime a call shape of the human body as well as the original shape of the egg. or the killer form are all void ali in christian traditions easter is the year's most important festival for the celebrations on thing peter's square in the vatican tourists come from around the world. are a part of easter they stand for the resurrection of christ. fashion models decorate the window of th

and moscow what's next and terms of how specifically the two presidents get along will lattimer putin accept donald trump's invitation that dated back to the helsinki summit to washington and could at least these ties between these two countries could they start getting back to normal the russian president said that he wasn't really expecting that to happen and then he went on to say that he believes there is some deep trouble in america internal politics he actually called it a real crisis that never happened in the history of the country. is part of a wider crisis in the u.s. political system the groups that attack villages to million elected president they don't accept that you. to the american people they want to do this and the result is a political crisis unlike anything we've seen in u.s. history so we'll leave it there with all the stuff that has to do with america there was something else very special about the specific international arctic forum the participants in fact the leaders from two countries sweden and norway the prime ministers who back in two thousand and fourteen

thing around the world from russia this is out international from moscow. first than donald trump has refused to end america's support for the saudi led intervention in yemen the united states sells billions of dollars worth of arms to the kingdom's coalition forces for the ongoing airstrikes against toothy rebels now is coinciding too with warnings of a civilian cholera epidemic in yemen with two thousand suspected cases recorded every day four years of intense fighting have created what agencies say is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the trump ministration has faced bitter criticism for authorizing military supplies to. report president donald trump was elected on promises of ending u.s. involvement in the wars around the world great nations do not fight endless wars. but he's not particularly came in stopping u.s. help to saudi arabia and it's dead link campaign against gamma. i am returning here with without my approval a joint resolution that proposed to direct the president to remove united states armed forces from him still it sees in were aff

thank you very much there for bringing us up to date emily sure when in moscow. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today flooding and mudslides have killed over sixty people along south africa's eastern coast it's been caused by days of heavy rain more than a thousand people have fled their homes the worst affected areas lie around the city of durban authorities have warned more rain is expected. lawmakers in the democratic republic of congo have elected a female head of the national assembly for the first time janine is a former minister and an advisor to president joseph kabila she was the only candidate running after her main opponent was disqualified the opposition boycotted the vote. and authorities in the u.s. say cases of measles have climbed to their highest level since the year two thousand nearly six hundred ninety five cases of the virus have been reported this year its resurgence is largely attributed to misinformation that is turning parents against vaccines. were many muslims say they fear a backlash after the easter sun

it's late morning, and the last 17—year—old to be up and about is katya in moscow. katya has organised a gig for this evening and herfriends are the headline act. the band have travelled overnight on the train from st petersburg and are keen to see some of the moscow sights. home to 142 million people. and it's had a turbulent relationship with the west for a long time. for seven decades, it was a communist country, and russians had very little contact with people outside. communism ended in 1991, but adapting to a capitalist society has not been an easy transition. still now, fewer than a third of russians have a foreign passport and you don't have to look far to find negative stories about russia in the world's media. more is now known about the substance involved in the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. vladimir putin has been the political face of russia either as the president or prime minister for nearly 20 years, and that means for teenagers like katya, he's the only leader they've ever known. katya's day may only justjust be start

it's late morning, and the last 17—year—old to be up and about is katya in moscow. katya has organised a gig for this evening and her friends are the headline act. the band have travelled overnight on the train from st petersburg and are keen to see the moscow sights. russia is the largest country on earth, home to 142 million people. and it's had a turbulent relationship with the west for a long time. for seven decades it was a communist country, and russians had very little contact with people outside. communism ended in 1991, but adapting to a capitalist society has not been an easy transition. still now, fewer than a third of russians have a foreign passport and you don't have to look far to find negative stories about russia in the world's media. more is now known about the substance involved in the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. vladimir putin has been the political face of russia either as the president or prime minister for nearly 20 years and that means for teenagers like katya, he's the only leader they have ever known. katya

jute international sanctions against north korea's weapons programs taking steps towards each other moscow has called for sanctions to be eased that would allow the restart of trade and joint infrastructure projects which would profit both countries. the first ever meeting between put and kim in front of awestruck could put the diminished alliance back on track. joining us now is on very long call from cooper in university incirlik he's a professor of history and author of many books on north korea for the land of good to have you with us. the north korean leader kim jong un has met chinese president xi jinping four times in the past year and now he's met a bloody mean putin is this in your view or kiss off kim jong un leaning on old friends to help him out of a deadlock. i felt just awful low but ease it really good and to help him out of bed look sick out of russia and a little scary at have never writes or used to be a long time ago but even saying that elation still quite tense is lost remembers that is it really has one thousand six thousand australian best russian defectives and was

in moscow this is art international i'm john thomas glad to have you with us. friday was supposed to go down in history as the day that britain finally divorced from the european union but all that has been turned on its head after treece a maze of withdrawal agreements suffered defeat our. looks back over the. finally the date is here march twenty ninth twenty maintain the story for britain marking its departure from the european union. or wait a second. a day like any other except with less clarity about what happens next then the very day the twenty sixteen referendum shocked the world the u.k. has voted to leave the european union. article fifty was triggered on march twenty ninth two years ago the article fifty process is now underway and in accordance with the wishes of the british people the united kingdom is leaving the european union so many promises made and shattered since then it's within our grasp to leave with a deal on the twenty ninth of march we will be leaving the e.u. on the twenty ninth of march two thousand nine hundred eleven pm minister i

reporting from a price a safe in the center of moscow. dozens of french media companies have back three journalists summoned by french intelligence officials over what's been described as a breach of national different secrecy that comes after a leaked document was published on the use of french weapons in the four year long civil war that's been tearing apart. we express our full solidarity with our colleagues who have done only their job to bring to the attention of citizens information of public interest on the consequences of the sale of french arms says these revelations the government has remained silent on the facts they appear to have exposed a government line but now three journalists all the ones being investigated they've been summoned to appear before the french general directorate of internal security or the d.g. s.l.i. after appealing a confidential note from the country's intelligence services. it showed the french government new weapons that sold to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates were being used in the conflict

how has this result been received by moscow. steve rosenberg. how has this result been received by moscowm steve rosenberg. how has this result been received by moscow. it is interesting, jonah said that world leaders have been queuing up to congratulate volodymyr zelensky. but one of our leader not doing that is vladimir putin. the kremlin made it clear that it was too soon to talk about congratulations on his election win. 0r about congratulations on his election win. or to talk about the two lea d e rs election win. or to talk about the two leaders working together. the kremlin said they would judge mr volodymyr zelensky by his concrete actions. they also questioned the legitimacy of the elections. seeing that —— saying that 3 million ukrainians living in russia did not have the opportunity to take part in the election. that is not really in a brace. —— that is not really an embrace. if you look at the media here two things are clear. they are pleased that poroshenko has gone. in the second thing is, i think russia wa

other good afternoon just to midday or moscow this is out international broadcasting run the wolf marty h.q. kevin i'm with you that for the next half hour with this we'll news update that started with this news donald trump has refused to end america's support for the saudi led intervention in yemen the united states sells billions of dollars worth of arms to the kingdom's coalition forces for the own going airstrikes against toothy rebels there all this coincides with warnings of a civilian cholera epidemic in yemen with two thousand suspected cases recorded every day now four years of intense fighting of created what aid agencies say is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the trumpet ministrations faced bit of criticism for authorizing military supplies to saudi arabia as. president donald trump was elected on promises of ending u.s. involvement in the wars around the world great nations do not fight endless wars. but he's not particularly came in stopping us help to saudi arabia and it's dead link campaign against the yeah man. i am returning here with without my approval a joint

outlines new missions to counter moscow. u.n. experts says atrocities are on the rise in the west african country of law with communities being massacred despite french and u.s. troops also. great western women who wear the hijab when visiting a wrong for supporting a discriminatory law guest debated the issue. i think it's i think it's ridiculous i think asking women to come in when they come into a country. inside iran there is a role and there's a lot of good. unless you change the whole system. it's nine o'clock or mosque and you're watching r t international line from last year with me welcome to the program the turkish foreign minister says and cruise purchase of the russian as four hundred missile system is a done deal he was acting to repeated us called to cancel the order the latest of which came from vice president mike pence speaking at nato seventieth birthday bash . as four hundred deal is a done deal and we will not step back from this in any case we have been always. trying to improve and strengthen and deepen our

am learning is opening a new plant near moscow. on the refugee crisis and investigative journalist shares with us a rare interview with one of the human traffickers involved. those with the fresh fuel for those when you get to thirty two fifty bushel reporting to your boss probably at the phone. also this hour the u.s. supreme court turned down a death row inmates appealed for a painless death saying the constitution does not entitle him to that. and an industrial port town the new found friends suffering from severe pollution with locals registering above average rates of cancer and other illnesses. you're watching archie international bringing you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program first a german car giant dime large which owns mercedes is opening a plant near moscow seen as an important milestone in recent german relations the move is expected to create up to a thousand jobs your style of brings us up to speed. the production of mercedes benz some of the most prestigious cars in the world

congress as he outlined countermeasures against moscow in the future and go has more. he might not even have had it in mind when he was doing it but the greatest businessman of all presidents made sure everyone in the club open their wallets for nato's seventieth anniversary the clear message from prison term. help is having a real impact we see that many more than a dollar meet the two percent god on the spending two percent of the g.d.p. on defense can there be a better gift than money oh yeah but let's keep in mind if you will that vladimir putin is the greatest gift to nato since the end of the cold war and it has provided a new reason for living if you will for nato that's right there needs to be an excuse for the existence of the gigantic cashed of warring juggernaut and for keeping on getting new members on board weapon making firms need customers the biggest ones happen to be from where this man is in charge if you know what i mean though since to soviet union collapsed almost three decades ago even within the alliance there were some doubts about why nato stil

congress as he outlined counter matches against moscow on the china has. he might not even have had it in mind when he was doing it but the great business men of all presidents made sure everyone in the club open their wallets for nato's seventieth anniversary the clear message from prison term. help is having a real impact we see that many more meet the two percent god on the spending two percent of g.d.p. on defense can there be a better gift than money oh yeah but let's keep in mind if you will that vladimir putin is the greatest gift to nato since the end of the cold war and it has provided a new reason for living if you will for nato that's right there needs to be an excuse for the existence of the gigantic cashed of warring juggernaut and for keeping on getting new members on board weapon making firms need customers the biggest ones happen to be from where this man is in charge if you know what i mean though since the soviet union collapsed almost three decades ago even within the alliance there were some doubts about why nato still needs to be out t

are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us now russian national maria has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison in the united states after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent her father has exclusively spoken with r.t. and told us that his family had been expecting a very different outcome. we weren't prepared for such a rough and unjust court decision maria is a russian citizen and given all these investigations she's been caught up in it all even though the investigation had nothing to do with her nevertheless the u.s. has found a culprit over the past few months she didn't have any complaints about the condition of her confinement unlike before when she was badly treated discriminated against all in solitary confinement with walks only allowed for two hours at night maria her lawyers we all expected a different outcome a fair verdict but it's hard to say how life will be for maria now the most important thing for us is that she returns home taking into account t

choose or the thirtieth of april here in moscow life marty h.q. kevin with you for this half hour world news update thanks for joining first in the u.s. army veteran has been arrested and charged in california over an alleged plot according to the justice department a twenty six year old was plotting a massacre on christians and jews. the story. federal officials have raised an indictment for an individual who has just arrested named mark stephen domingo now this is a u.s. army veteran who served in afghanistan is now charged with attempting to carry out a large scale terrorist attack as revenge for the incidents in new zealand the shootings in new zealand at the mosques that killed a number of individuals that apparently motivated mark stephen domingo to plan to carry out a terrorist attack in los angeles and take the lives of scores possibly hundreds of individuals here is some of what the indictment says in online posts and in conversations with an f.b.i. source to express support for violent jihad a desire to seek retribution for attacks again

it's ten o'clock here in moscow watching r.t. international live from our studio with me welcome to the program the turkish foreign minister co-chairs of the russian four hundred missile system is a done deal he was reacting to repeated u.s. calls to cancel the order the latest of which came from president mike pence speaking at nato seventieth birthday bash. as four hundred deal is a done deal and we will not step back from this in any case we have been always. trying to improve and strengthen and deepen our relations with allies particularly united states and be valued by that's a relationship if turkey completes its purchase of the russian as four hundred missile system turkey risk expulsion from the joint f. thirty five program turkey must choose. does it want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. were doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership. and he was quick to hit back over another sensitive issue in its relations with washington took his vice presiden

very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. a people smuggler has shed light on the lucrative illegal trade revealing it cost each migrant at least two thousand euros to be taken to europe from africa the revelations came in a documentary by a canadian investigative journalist and filmmaker. people have to have to spend a lot of money where they had to spend two thousand you know four thousand for four thousand you know or two thousand for a few bucks is not gotten to you when you're in there in a spot you are lucky you may have been into the mine you try again to have a lot of money. and how do you guarantee and then you're on the board you know you go to the auto zone they said it so and that was you know in the. in the spin after you have one but they couldn't sell them into it they come. they pick the person and they go you speak how much money can you make. from the door to spain where you know. every person you can have two thousand two thousand five hundred or four thousand you know the totality fifty person. it fi

live from russia this is art international with me kevin costing around the world just ten ten am in moscow time first. in the headlines donald trump has refused to end america's support for the saudi led intervention in yemen united states provides billions of dollars of sales to the kingdom's coalition which carries that airstrikes against who the rebels who for years now have intense fighting in yemen has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis thousands have been killed millions displaced and the country is. on the brink of famine also on top of all that the color break is threatening to reach epidemic proportions with two thousand suspected cases recorded every day caleb maupin has reaction when armed troops latest decision. president donald trump was elected on promises of ending the u.s. involvement in the wars around the world great nations do not fight endless wars. exclude but he's not particularly came in stopping the u.s. help to saudi arabia in its deadly campaign against yemen. i am returning here with without my approval a joint resolution that proposed to direct the pr