the u.s. energy grid and recent hacks the systems. then lawrence noble discusses how u.s. election laws apply to interactions with foreign nationals or governments. and former u.s. ambassador to iraq will talk about the significance of iraqi forces retaking the ice is held city of mosul. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. >> a look at opposed rules that would give foreign police quicker access. privacy advocates and legal scholars discuss how the proposal would be implemented and its potential impact. from earlier this week on capitol hill this is just over hour. this event is hosted in conjunction with the congressional internet off internet caucus. -- congressional internet caucus. this caucus is with the support of the cochairs from the house side, concentrationman bob goodland andcongressman anna and senator patrick leahy. just a couple of housekeeping things before we begin. we are live streaming thisevent online. the audio and video will be available short

the u.s. more in a moment. for the latest, we turn to white house correspondent sara murray, live in hamburg. president trump meets putin face to face in a few hours. what can we actually expect out of this meeting? >> reporter: you can expect everything from their statements to their body language to be very closely scrutinized. this is slighted to be a relatively brief meeting but important one. along with rex tillerson, russian foreign minister lavrov will be there. in the run-up to the meeting, the world leaders have had sharp words for one another. putin has slammed u.s. sanctions against russia as well as president trump's trade policies. as for trump, when he was in poland, he had stern words for russia, too, chiding them for their role in conflicts in the ukraine, as well as in syria. the big question is whether president trump is going to bring up russia's meddling in the 2016 election. when he was speaking in poland, he seemed to again question russia's role in this. it's clear today

the u.s. dollar yesterday and the u.s. two-year yields they closed at the highest level since 2009 in yesterday's session on the back of the isn data which showed a blockbuster jump soaring nearly 3 points to 57.8 the stronger than expected manufacturing number pushing the dollar to a seven-week high. let's talk more about the moves with marilyn watson from blackrock. good morning to you. how long does this selloff in the bond markets in the u.s. and here in europe last? as you know, we've seen low volatility in the markets for a long time. it's going remain low for quite a considerable amount of time to come given the actions by the central banks. we would expect this to continue further. they've been triggered by various things such as the data in the u.s. yesterday. we had strong data coming out of the eurozone as well comments from central bankers including mario draghi, mark carney also fueled a little bit more movement. i think what we're seeing are still movements within the year to dat

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

the u.s. president discussed the situation there with the russian president at the g-20. >>> a partial cease fire set to start in syria in less than an hour's time. could it be a blueprint for more cooperation in the fight against isis? >>> plus, after more than three years in jail, one of venezuela's main opposition figures leopold lopez is released from house arrest. live from cnn world headquarters, we welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george on howehowell. the "cnn newsroom" starts right now. the u.s. president is back in washington returning from the g-20 summit in germany and following his big meetings there he's been tweeting say thaeg had an excellent meeting on north korea and trade with regards to his talks with the chinese president xi jinping. and he also sent rex tillerson to ukraine. mr. tillerson just arrived in kiev. pro-russian separatists have been fighting for control of eastern ukraine for more than three years now. tillerson's arrival

of the u.s. military has conducted a missile interceptor test in response to the threat from north korea. thank you. according to the plans are going to a medium range ballistic missile was fired from alaska over the pacific ocean on sunday it was then tracked and destroyed using the terminal high altitude area defense system known as bud which the u.s. has. supplied to south korea. this happened two days off to north korea's latest missile launch into the sea of japan the u.s. missile defense chief sam greaves said sunday's intercept a test will help the military stay ahead of the evolving threat of the u.s. congress recently approved a new round of sanctions against north korea over its nuclear program and missile tests but human rights attorney eric told us that washington has not figured out how to deal with pyongyang you know this is something that seems perplexing to the administration or sometimes to people around the world but really we have not tried anything new and we have been caught

u.s. president. only this time the meetings will be higher profile and the stakes even greater. mr. trump will start with what's expected to be a friendly audience in warsaw, poland. then he travels to germany for the g20 summit and his first face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. cnn's live in warsaw now. this is a big, big deal for poland having the u.s. president there in their capital. the u.s. president used to positive relations with poland. should we expect anything different with donald trump? >> no. and there is no surprise donald trump has chosen poland to make his first pit stop on this second foreign trip, hannah. it is after all a government whose mirrors many of his own. its nationalist populist sentiment is something donald trump responds. he is being receive bade friendly government and all too happy to be welcoming him here in warsaw before london or paris or berlin have had the biggest opportunity to do the same. and they've been offering free bus rid

the u.s. sets visa applications from six mainly muslim countries are limited after a supreme court victory for donald trump. we broke the news with ceo alan busoni. bloomberg's andrew joins us. >> it was like the two sides are very entrenched in their positions. one thing the crisis has been good for is access for the media. we had a briefing by the saudi foreign minister. we have a briefing by the country foreign minister. we have really had a lot of access on both sides trying to understand the points of view. that is a good thing. the bad thing is it doesn't seem as though the two sides are actually talking to each other or even through the mediator, it looks like kuwait is active. it is not clear that those are negotiations per se, more just touching bases. i agree with what you say, becoming entrenched and whenever they come out with the statement, it becomes very difficult to roll that back. you come and say that publicly. you commit yourself to that stance. as markets prepared to open,

u.s.-china relations. the specialists also share views on north korea policies and asia pacific security. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i'm mike green, professor at georgetown. we had five issue papers with authors for each paper or papers on each subject from u.s. and china. we split the panels up so that this panel will address the papers on u.s. and chinese strategy and interests in the asia-pacific region. and also u.s.-china military issues. and the next panel will cover economics, global issues and politics. scott kennedy will chair that session. we had a number of participants who helped write the papers or who joined us in study groups to review the papers. so this is a representative group, it's clearly not everyone who was involved, but some of the key authors in each of the papers we're going to address in the panels, body glazer, my colleague at css, senior director of the china project will talk about the asia-pacific papers. we're going to ask the panelists not to summ

u.s.ip, the relationship. is meant to be very broadly scaled. it was not just one think tank working with another think tank, this was supposed to be a very broadly scaled inquiry which is part of the reason why you see the strangest publication you will ever see in a think tank, because it represents the collective work of about seven or eight institutions that came together on this project as we donated scholars and worked on it, together. this was a project that we began, last summer before the presidential election. we did not have any idea who was going to be elected. iswere looking to say what the future of this relationship, independent of a particular outcome of the election? important,t is more today because we are at a stage where we need to be thinking about the fundamentals of this relationship. i think that is what comes through. there are two sets of parallel papers. this is the publication our chinese friends produced for their papers and this is the publication of the ameri

the u.s. tested its missile defense system on choose day by shooting down a simulated target over the pacific washington says it's the first time ever an intermediate range ballistic missile has been successfully hit the times similar to those apparently being developed by north korea wants of the american anti missile system have already been installed in south korea where meanwhile pyongyang's threaten to turn the u.s. into a pile of ashes that's if washington tries to use military force to stop its nuclear program although the u.s. drill was planned months ago it's being seen as a response to north korea's latest missile test earlier this month. when asked about test president trump expressed his dissatisfaction with china for not putting more pressure on north korea i mean he soon looks at how washington is trying to lean on regional powers even before the eleven missile tests north korea conducted this year the u.s. has long demanded beijing to do more to curb pyongyang's nuclear program

u.s. economy added 220,000 jobs in june, the most in four months. the labor department released those numbers this morning. they showed unemployment rate increased to 4.4% from 4.3% in may which was a 16 year low. unappointed rose because more americans began looking for work and not all of them found jobs. >> the center for strategic and international studies hosted a panel discussion on u.s.-china relations. panelists cover trade come military and security issues and north korea's nuclear weapons programs. this is about two 1/2 hours. >> we had five issue papers with authors for each paper or papers on each subject from the u.s. and china. we split the panels up so that this panel will address the papers on u.s. and chinese strategy and interest in the asia-pacific region, and also u.s.-china military to military issues. in the next panel will cover economics, global issues and politics. scott kennedy will share that session. we had a number of participants who helped to write the papers

bank suspending u.s. companies ability to take out short term loans but let's be realistic this would be a nuclear option. i mean while the u.s. secretary of state has explain the thinking behind the anti russia bill the near unanimous vote for the sanctions legislation in congress represent the strong will of the american people to see russia take steps to improve relations with the united states we hope that there will be cooperation between our two countries on major global issues and these sanctions will no longer be necessary. a lot of embassy in washington has had something to say about it they responded to the statement calling it puzzling the embassy said the u.s. government has failed to understand that pressure does not work with russia and sanctions can't improve relations we asked the former diplomat and a political analyst for their views it's not the most logical thing to say we want to improve relations therefore we are imposing sanctions next to listen his statement was trying to be diplom

vladimir putin hope so as he ousts 755 u.s. staff from russia. the former u.s. ambassador at large for the former soviet union will be here. for investors act as shares fell, and we will take a deeper look later on. abigail doolittle is here with us. we are halfway into the trading day. what is going on? abigail: we are looking at relatively small moves for the major averages. the dow and s&p 500 trading higher. nasdaq, down about 0.25%. we have a divergence between the dow and the nasdaq, which we had last week. here is the reason behind the weakness today for the nasdaq. facebook, amazon, netflix, and bet sharply lower. be digital ad space could saturated. all these companies have reported, both netflix and facebook with solid quarters. amazon and alphabet with somewhat mixed quarters. we have a chart on the bloomberg that suggests this could be the case. this is g #btv 8432. it shows inflows to the upside of the red line, and outflows to the downside or bottom. last week, that was the biggest selling pressure we have seen all the way since november of 2007. o

is not just a vital element of u.s. economic policy but it's also a bottle element of us foreign policy and one of the most important actions we can take is to use our massive shale gas resources to begin shipping liquefied natural gas overseas all this excess natural gas we have now which they don't want to leave in the u.s. because it will lower the price and profits they want to export it particularly to europe well if you're going to export it to europe you've got to reverse the relationship and dependency germany and other others on russian gas so this gas play here this energy play is deep and behind the scenes economically for the united states here so is everyone happy about it while absolutely not the european commission is planning out what its response will be if european businesses are hurt by the new sanctions from the united states we are following the spruces suite some concern regarding the european union's energy independence and dollar energy security interests well one thing they can do is they can ma

banks suspending u.s. companies ability to take out short term loans but let's be realistic this would be a nuclear option from the european union i'm not sure if the european union you know has the courage to to take action against the u.s. . on this frankly i'm worried that the u.s. will be able to impose these sanctions notwithstanding the e.u.'s opposition to the ball right now is very much in president donald trump's court and whether he signs that are not could change what type of reaction we get from here in europe to these new sanctions from the united states on russia's energy sector. you know russia's patience is also when president putin says that moscow can't tolerate offensive actions anymore so in the news of these sanctions are completely illegal they go against international law and the rules of the world trade organization with being very patient and very reserved but we can't endlessly tolerate aggressive behavior towards our country these actions can be perceived as aggravation and i wou

meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state has explained the thinking behind the anti russia bill the near unanimous vote for the sanctions legislation in congress represent the strong will of the american people to see russia take steps to improve relations with the united states we hope that there will be cooperation between our two countries on major global issues and these sanctions will no longer be necessary for the russian embassy in washington responded to rex tillerson statement calling it puzzling there was he said the u.s. government failed to understand the pressure doesn't work with russia and sanctions cannot improve relations we have been speaking to a former diplomat on a political analyst for their take on the ongoing scandal. the most logical thing to say we want to improve relations therefore we are imposing sanctions next to listen to his statement was trying to be diplomatic and less from the impact and be less insulting to russia than the he might otherwise have been i think that's why

the u.s. government can access data held by u.s. companies, when that data is physically stored outside of the united states is another related issue. that issue involves modern interpretation of the 19866 stored communications act which is working its way currently through the courts. its next stop in a case that was brought by microsoft and data that's held in ireland is currently next going to be withd united states supreme court. there are equities on all sides of these issues including how to ensure that law enforcement cani do its job consistent with the fourth amendment, how to protect the privacy of global users of a network communications infrastructure and how to do right by private industry in a way that doesn't stifle innovation, lead to data localization and respects the challenges faced by global communications companies that may be caught between competing laws of different country. to the extent that there are sides to this issue, probably all of the participants in this discus

u.s. is pulling out of the paris climate accord. and so that was also big subject of conversation here between these world leaders. >> jim acosta, at the g20, over your shoulder there. the monitor that shows angela merkel speaking. we want to go to nic robertson as well. nic, what are we hearing from angela merkel as we wrap up the g20 here? we know this was set initially as interconnectivity being part of the theme. and the headline of potentially the isolation of the u.s. in the multilateral deals that have been struck. what are we hearing from angela merkel? >> angela merkel is the host here, and she does the sort of final big wrap-up. to jim's point about president trump not speaking, president putin able to define his message, to a degree, angela merkel was able to put a cap on everything that was agreed and disagreed here. the very important and big-ticket items here, trade there was a huge concern going into this. a difference over the u.s. position, and the other juntcy members' po

while the u.s. intelligence community is not sure how far the communist north is in its effort to put a nuclear weapon on a missile, they say that missile test fire last night might have been able to reach alaska. reports for whom the region suggest it was launched from a mobile launcher, providing yet another challenge for the u.s. kevin corke has that breaking details and reaction from the white house. >> happy independence day and a dramatic day at the white house. trump admitted officials, whenu consider that administration has talked about what it might do should north korea finally be able to reach u.s. soil. of course now they're looking for a true response to the latest missile provocation from pyongyang. it was a historic first for the rogue regime. for little more than a half an hour, and intercontinental ballistic missile fired from north korea blasted across the asian sky before coming down in the sea of japan. a 568-mile long journey that could go much further in shaping future u.s. pol

u.s. is set to vote on further sanctions against russia but the e.u. warns up with television against washington if the move hurts european businesses. quote no magic solution to the refugee crisis can be found italy's interior minister warns that international talks and arctic route travels through areas of the countries to gauge the effects of the micro likes. us and he i still rate in afghanistan ends in civilian bloodshed as washington's accused of killing eight locals in an airstrike we hear from survivors and hospital. thanks for tuning in you're watching our team to national it's one in the afternoon here in moscow with you this hour is at least two top story now the u.s. is set to vote on further sanctions against russia on tuesday the bill which has already passed the senate and now goes to the house targets russia for allegedly interfering in u.s. presidential elections let's take a look at what's in the bill. it blocks any partnership with russian companies in a range of sectors

u.s. or chinese government policy but we think it represents a pretty good consensus point about how these issues are viewed in each country. of course, there are multiple views about military affairs, global issues, north korea in both china and the united states. but we had for each of these papers three authors on the american side, three authors on the chinese side and a group between six and 15 other experts who weighed in and on the asia pacific paper, for example, and i think this was side on our side for the military paper, there was an awful lot of consensus from experts from think tanks across the ideological and functional spell trum. it's quite interesting. between u.s. and chinese papers there were common themes, one was that we should strive to avoid becoming adversariesened that was consistent for both sides. there was a theme that we should build out patterns of cooperation between china, military asia-pacific issues and so forth. many papers concluded that the united state

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bank suspending u.s. companies ability to take out short term loans but let's be realistic this would be a nuclear option. well in response to the sanctions president putin has ordered the u.s. to cut its diplomatic presence in russia by more than seven hundred fifty personnel by september was. more than a thousand people both diplomatic and technical staff are currently working in russia seven hundred fifty five of them will have to stop their activities and that's painful was it not because that is that america has taken a step to jeopardize u.s. russia relations and the important thing is that that step wasn't triggered by anything because this is a move to impose a legal restrictions to attempt to influence other countries including u.s. allies we here which are interested in developing ties with russia that i knew it was. going on longer than we've been waiting for quite a long time so that maybe something would change for the better we had hoped that the situation would change but it looks like even

a u.s. and russia brokered cease fire comes into force in the south west of syria people there are enjoying their first peaceful day after six years of fighting. maybe we can look at. the week's top stories have come forward in hamburg days of anti g twenty rights apply to the german city resulting in hundreds of injuries among police and protesters plus. i. c n n is accused of blackmailing the creator of the president wrestling clip threatening to reveal his identity if he does something similar again. welcome the latest developments and look back at the last seven days to watch the weekly here on r.t. international now just a few hours ago a u.s. and russian brokered cease fire came into force in southwest syria after six years of relentless fighting people across three provinces have finally enjoyed a relatively peaceful day. now. maybe i will need to give the ability. to. well you. know what most of all. well the ceasefire came as an unexpected breakthrough following a meeting between pr

the u.s. government and japan have ripped into china after north korea's latest long range missile test china has responded to the criticism saying that it's completely misguided and in fact is working on a resolution when it comes to north korea's nuclear issues our teams alex a hell of a century last with more so alex what's the trump ministrations saying about china and also the situation on the north korean peninsula well we know just very recently there was delicious chocolate cake in mara largo with the president of china but now the tuna has changed all over north korea's rocket launch just this past friday it's unbelievable how quickly washington can change its ideas and we all heard the tweets that came out this week and let's start with nikki haley's two we know her as the ambassador of the united nations for the united states done talking about north korea china where they must act japan itself korea must increase pressure not only u.s. problem it will require an international solut

u.s. trading commissioner bart chilton joins me for a wrap of the dramatic meeting of the group of twenty in hamburg by the us starts right now. the dollar had a two month peak rising night point nineteen percent to one hundred fourteen yen earlier in the session it hit one fourteen twenty nine yen its highest since may eleventh the euro fell point one percent to one fourteenth stock markets rallied on the heels of the european central banks collectively hawkish tone over the last fourteen days as investors expect a turning point in central bank policy this comes as focus shifts to how the federal reserve might react to the latest jobs and inflation data fed chairman janet yellen testifies at the end of this week to u.s. lawmakers now she's expected to lift interest rates before the end of the year the fed has done so twice this year so germany's dax was up point three percent while the cac forty in france followed suit at point three percent higher at the f.t. a c. one hundred index of le

at all.d let's ask tell u.s. diplomats are seen in moscow. the u.s. media just kind of assumes that any russian diplomats are spies, basically kgb. isn't the same vice versa -- is it the same vice versa? reporter: u.s. diplomats serving in moscow are certainly under a lot of surveillance. they are heavily monitored. there is been a growing number of instances surrounding them that we have read about, when they have been the target of various forms of harassment, that sort of thing. certainly, being a u.s. diplomat in moscow now would be a tricky job for sure. and there are other areas we can focus on be on the russia story. one is what is happening in terms of the white house. let's talk about the republican party versus donald trump white house. there does seem to be pressure growing for the republicans to move on to tax reform. health care and move on to tax reform. the tweets from the president indicate he does not want to do that. which way does this go? reporter: it is very interesting. here we are, it is practically august. congress is about to

the u.s. officials are saying that the u.s. and russia have reached an agreement for a cease-fire in southwest syria. those pictures you see were from before they went into their face-to-face meeting. some friendly words exchanged. matt: the two leaders had real admiration for each other. they were not just pleasant words. president putin referred to donald trump as your excellency, mr. president, whereas president trump said it was an honor to be speaking with president putin. both of them said they expected a positive outcome to the meetings. they were only expected to meet for about 30 minutes, the meeting stretched far beyond the two-hour length. >> obviously a meeting with putin is eye-catching, sort of the melodramatic moment of the day. but it is important to remember that there are huge wide ranging conversations going on. angela merkel spoke with the press about an hour ago and it is clear there are deep seated divisions emerging over trade. there is no agreement on the communique right now and in a lot of ways it is f

the u.s. led coalition has reacted to amnesty international's report calling it irresponsible a spokesman added that war is not pleasant and that those who claim otherwise put the lives of civilians and soldiers at risk. well another liberation campaign is under way right now that of the now the us backed rebels are preparing to seize iceland's syrian stronghold of raka the u.n. says between thirty to fifty thousand people are trapped in that city we understand almost two hundred thousand have already been displaced here are some of their stories. i assure you that actually made out of metal but that is that as well and that is nesmith has met but you have on your little niche that actually you anybody can didn't have a taste of what else has me and they don't let as you look tired of all that and then she would move on and i did not. climb above them. but i nod. and you know i don't know how to be of course you haven't come to us i mean i . don't know. much of. that if you haven't met any. on

u.s. and south korea -- u.s. president preparing for poland and a pivotal face to face meeting with vladimir putin at the g 20. >>> plus why many global leaders are looking past donald trump. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes and this is newsroom l.a. >> thanks for your company everyone. the u.s. j south korea saying they want to send a warning to kim jong-un one day of hi missile test. they conducted a drill on wednesday to show case their ability to strike back at pyongyang in case of energy. secretary of state rex tillerson says it is a knew else escalation of the threat against the u.s., its allies and the world. let's bring in cnn's andrew stevens in hong kong. we got ivan watson in months skou. andrew let's start with you in hong kong. the north korean leader promising more of the same. >> that's right michael, still a very -- not surprisingly belligerent tone coming from north korea. kim jong-un was reportedly at the site watching it live

reveal the number of u.s. soldiers operating in the city but a coalition spokesman quote not hundreds. said the u.s. led coalition forces in a more exposed than those in iraq. according to. the meaning of the. troops. a closer look. it by it's this train those are all the tags you always get when the pentagon tries to explain what american soldiers are doing in iraq in three or four years and assist training aspect advise and assist in training mission. training equipping. a company to. train equip and assist in the company and our partners on the ground so let's break down those terms that often fall like a bunch of cliches but actually mean very specific things train and equip is how it usually begins that's sort of like a boot camp when u.s. instructors provide local forces with arms and train them that approach was taken in theory a while back but didn't prove to be very effective can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains we're talking four or five next we have. which is what troops

next this morning reporting news that the u.s. it seems is gearing up to put soldiers in space the vice president's plan for a military unit to focus solely on missions beyond earth is making its way to the senate jacqueline vogel has more. space the final frontier where everyone is rushing to go where no one has gone before our nation will return to the moon and we will put american boots on the face of mars. american boots on mars now no one would blame you for being a bit spooked by that phrasing given that the u.s. already has military boots on the ground in one hundred seventy seven countries but surely the vice president was just referring to scientists and brave explorers or was when it comes to military expansion in the u.s. the sky is full limits or at least it used to be congress is now working on a proposal to create a brand new branch of the u.s. armed forces whose sole mission would be to focus on space and while the u.s. air force who is now in charge of operations in space is strongly against it the plan is already

the u.s. and global companies and they are forcing a decent proportion of revenue benefiting because the dollar generally. is closingity market equities globally, when we see the dollar strength in again, it comes back into play. alix: we talked about the relative value trade. james: you do see that. when we look at credit between europe and the u.s. in marketsld spaces, those can appear to behave quite differently on the surface. obviously a huge tech presence. ,he most successful companies the european story is less about the fact that 10 countries. if we wind up having more that make aes, does headwind? is there a correlation? with $300see apple billion on its balance sheet. certainly, but the more mature companies in the tech sector, i don't think there's going to be any problem whatsoever. when you get into the smaller there are a forward-looking businesses. i'm sure they're going to be some who are swimming without their short. alix: tech has momentum. that is potentially dangerous area

regarding whether the u.s. is written on syria has changed i think it's become more pragmatic in general it doesn't seem to change but there is now an understanding that we can achieve a lot in the united after much now this new what's being called a pragmatic approach from the u.s. to seen as a very important step forward and this optimism is also being shared by some key leading figures including if i do we can mark arena the european commission vice president and also the deputy special envoy to syria. on the agreed ceasefire deal over an important area in the south of syria is a positive development the implementation of these arrangements towards a nationwide sissie sion of hostilities and unhindered humanitarian access is key to facilitate the interest syrian talks under u.n. auspices in geneva. and this is no doubt a breakthrough in terms of u.s. russia relations if so that they can move forward together they can reach an agreement on fighting terrorism but let's not get ahead of ourselves we've been her

u.s. east coast. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell in clant. >> and it is 10:00 a.m. here in london. i'm lye for queue from the brit inner capital. cnn newsroom starts right now. >>> around the world, good day to you. we start this hour with the breaking news we're following. at least one person was killed, at a shooting at a nightclub in southern germany near the swiss border. we understand that again three other people were seriously wounded there at that nightclub. hear's what we know about the shooter. police say that he was a 34-year-old man killed in a shootout with police officers. at this point the motive still unclear. let's go live to germany. journalist chris burns is on the phone with us at this hour from berlin. what more can you tell us? what more do you know at this point? >> details are very sketchy at the moment. what we know is this a shooting that at happened at 4:30 a.m. local time in this resort town yo

the u.s., but the u.s. vis-a-vis china. that's something we'll have more coming up on soon. tarun: let's open it up. in the back. questioner: thank you very much. i'm from the united states of africa -- [inaudible] -- i usually like to ask the last question. this is very important. the opening sin app sis that the gentleman did, he asked this. how the world sees the u.s. ow the world sees trump. we ask people, can you clarify when you say how the world? visaou referring to yoursy results from the -- your survey results from the political class of the country? and why would you say the world when those leaders are not the largest representative of the world? also, you need to understand this. trump is undermining, saab staging the geological foundation -- sabotaging the geelogical foundation of what leaders have experienced or followed over the last 70 years. so you have to look at it in those context. not doing unnecessary -- tarun: let's take one more as well and we'll answer those together. also in the ba

u.s. and south korean forces have held a military drill in a ofid response to a launch north korea's first intercontinental ballistic missile. world leaders were quick to react. >> esther north korea's missile launch of the u.s. and south korea hit back with their own show of force. the joint military drill was controlled to -- conducted northeast of the capital. accompanied by harsh words from the u.s. secretary of state. >> global action is required to stop a global threat. all nations should publicly demonstrate that there are consequences to their pursuit of nuclear weapons. the chinese president and russian president vowed to work defused thetry and growing tensions in the peninsula. forwardreed to move based on the russian project device device that resolution of progress and resolving nuclear activities in the military exercises of the united states and south korea. to south korea's defense minister entirely likely that north korea could launch a 60 nuclear test in the future. news

u.s. is apparently backtracking on its plans to restore the relations with russia just days after the leaders of the two countries agreed on several key issues. you're watching r.t. international live from last in moscow studio with me welcome to the program. u.s. democrats on the media have rounded on donald trump's son over a meeting he held last year with a russian lawyer the kremlin spokesperson has also weighed in calling the new allegations of collusion with russia as the latest twist in this ongoing soap opera . in response to the allegations trumped you know released the full email exchange relating to this meeting one of the e-mails offers quote very high level and sensitive information that supposedly incriminated presidential candidate hillary clinton and might be of use to trump sr the info was claimed to be based on some official documents originating allegedly from some crown prosecutor of russia that job title though was actually raised quite a few eyebrows in the media that

meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state has released this statement regarding the ongoing fight against eyes over there right because the it has more in some of the reaction to. well the tone of the statement was somewhat neutral more so than we've come to expect it was even corporative but there were its own twists and turns in it for example the united states said that it is open to working with russia on stablish a no fly zone over syria working out to gether a joint mechanism when the united states talks about no fly zones there's a lot of suspicion everybody remembers what happened in libya where the u.s. and its nato allies established a no fly zone for humanitarian purposes to ease the suffering of civilians only for it to turn into a we fly you don't deserve where the united states bombed you know gadhafi his father his fighters his military anyone of wanted with impunity and nobody else could fly up in the skies it was also an interesting bit about chemical weapons where the united states said th

iran has accused the u.s. navy of provocative behavior it's after an american patrol boat fired warning shots in the direction of an iranian vessel during an encounter in the persian gulf. this morning an american navy boat in the north of the persian gulf fired at an iranian vessel this was unprofessional and productive behavior. the u.s. though says the iranian boat was acting dangerously and carrying out an unsafe maneuver. explains this story that the pentagon has told regarding the incident is exactly the opposite of what the iranian officials have been saying they believe that the u.s. navy ships war harassed by the iranian military and that is something according to the statement coming from the u.s. navy after warning shots were fired the iranian vessel halted is unsafe approach to had been a risk of collision but you can almost see a certain pattern here and you know it seems that the u.s. navy ships are being harassed all the times by foreign militaries and navies and air forces just this weekend sev

the u.s. and russia brokered cease fire comes into force in southwest syria people there are enjoying their first peaceful day after six years of fighting. the week's top stories have a come folds in. the g twenty rights apply to the german city leaving hundreds of police and protesters injured. i think c.n.n. is accused of blackmailing the creator of the present trump wrestling clip threatening to reveal his identity if he does something similar again. they're welcome the latest developments and a look back at the last seven days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international now just a few hours ago a cease fire brokered by the u.s. and russia came into force in southwest syria after six years of relentless fighting people across three provinces have finally enjoyed a relatively peaceful. you know. i'm not a newbie to deliberately. watch t.v. . well you have to work with the whole world because of all the. other syrian ceasefire came as an unexpected breakthrough following a meeting b

and former u.s. ambassador to iraq will talk about the iraqi forcesof retaking the previously isis held city of mosul. be sure to watch it c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern on sunday morning. join the discussion. at russian lobby efforts against u.s. imposed sentence. from washington journal, this is happening our -- half an hour. director of europe research at the atlantic council. she is here to discuss russia's lobbying efforts, historically and against today's sanctions opposed against them. thank you for joining us. guest:. thank you for having me host: let's get your reaction to the latest is that a former russian counterintelligence personl was the eighth in the room and the meeting conducted with donald trump jr. and jared kushner, paul manafort last june. what do you think the implications of that revelation are? guest: as far as i know about the specific individuals we are discussing, he was someone who became a lobbyist and was engaged in this effort for quite some time in t

u.s. presidential campaign was discussed in that meeting. we get more now from cnn's elise labity. >> the attorney, was talking about an adoption ban put in place years ago as retaliation for american law passed in 2012. that law is known as the magnitsky act. and she has also sought repeal of that legislation and that is what she wanted to talk about. now trump jr said he quickly ended the meeting that point. saying that the issue would be better addressed if his father won the election. but trump jr never reported the meeting. but it does seem to be early indications that sush rans weus were seeking out members of the trump campaign. we have not been able to reach her but she did tell the "new york times" she was not asking on behalf of the russian government. she said she never discussed matters with any government representatives but again she is known as someone who had worked to try and repeal this u.s. legislation damaging to russian officials. and sh could be of interest to special

u.s. election. >> new cnn reporting this morning says russia has even stepped up its spying efforts in the u.s. more in a moment. >>> for the latest, let's turn to the white house correspondent covering this for us, sara murray, live in hamburg. president trump meets putin face to face in just a few hours. it will be fascinating to see the optics of this meeting. >> reporter: yes, it is a very highly anticipated and will be closely scrutinized. this is expected to be a brief meeting between these two world leaders. an intermat one, as well. they're expected to be joined by trump's secretary of state rex tillerson as well as foreign minister lavrov. in the runoff to the meeting, trump and putin have had sharp words for one another. putin wrote an article in a german newspaper taking aim at the sanctions the u.s. levied gaep against russians saying it's protectionism. we heard trump's words for putin yesterday in poland. he chided russia for its role in conflicts in ukraine and syria. when i

the u.s. manufacturing sector, giving a good boost to wall street. in asia, you had the dow jones again an intraday trade. australia's market leading again, it was the worst performer yesterday but we are seeing a good rally from energy and banking stocks. nikkei 200 up. rba decision coming through as well. 1/10 of oner up percent. theyen is strong on surprise defeat of the ldp in tokyo. a bit of weakness coming in from korea's market and you see the yuan performing bad. you have seen a bit of a switchout in the oil contracts. wti down 1%. sectors, we're seeing energy players up and just a couple of sectors in the red but only slightly. tech stocks under pressure. just having a look at this currency story. the yen leaving the game in the region. of southome news out korea and north korea rashaad: breaking news, the chief of staff in south korea says north korea has fired a illicit missile.- ballistic that north korea may m. attempting to create an ibc unidentified ballistic missile that was fi

the u.s. equities picture, it's generally flat, maybe to be expected after a down day yesterday things are holding steady ahead of that 8:30 a.m. eastern time jobs report. you can see the implied open for the dow, just about one point. the s&p about two points nasdaq up by about five. as we look at the ten-year treasury note yield, a key focus for traders and investors over the past week or two, given the bank stock run, global rates all over the place, right now a slight tick higher in yields 3.27%. following global rates higher, but there are some forces at play here elsewhere around the world. we'll get to those parts in a bit. certainly japan playing a big part of the story. >> it's been the big story this week we'll get back to the markets in just a second. first politics, following the major developments out of the g20 summit, world leaders are gathered to discuss crucial issues let's get to eamon javers on the ground in hamburg. i'm happy to see you're safe and sound after following all

u.s. intelligence community. we will talk more about it with james clapper. >>> severe things. trism accuses north korea of behaving very dangerously and says he is thinking about severe consequences for the kim regime though he won't say what they are. president and the pentagon on the same page? >>> we want towelcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i'm jim sciutto. you are in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news tonight. fresh protests at the g-20 summit in germany. new clashes have erupted between police in riot gear and demonstrators with police turning water canons on the crowd to disperse them. current and former u.s. intelligence officials tell cnn that russian spies have ramped up intelligence gathering efforts inside the united states in the wake of the presidential election. one official says that moscow has been emboldened by its successful interference in last year's campaign. president trump is aga