though this right now is a moscow city issue it's moscow elections it's happening in moscow there's very much resonance to the entire a contrie side of russia. but right there their thirties have they're afraid and they have a reason to be afraid because this politico basically political opposition movement in moscow may begin to spread out and join forces with the social economic discontent that's really massive in russia because russia is in the car nomic those drums for over 6 years household incomes have been declining and there's the economic frustration it it's right now not public and it's not connection connected to the actions and through the moscow council but if a jew they join forces the affluent more politicised moscow public with the disk and a social discontent in the russian provinces then the russian authorities could be in really serious trouble you said that you don't think that the opposition candidates. have any chance to win the city elections even if they were given permission to take part in the elections however don't you think that with the growing disconte

though this right now is a moscow city issue it's moscow elections it's happening in moscow there's very much resonance to the entire a contrie side of russia. but right there their thirties have they're afraid and they have a reason to be afraid because this politico basically political opposition movement in moscow may begin to spread out and join forces with the social economic discontent that's really massive in russia because russia is in the car nomic those drums for over 6 years household incomes have been declining they're sick anomic frustration it it's right now not public and it's not connection connected to the actions and to the moscow council but if a jew they join forces the affluent more politicized moscow public with the disk and a social discontent in the russian provinces then the russian authorities could be in really serious trouble. is that you don't think that the opposition candidates. have any chance to win the city elections even if they were given permission to take part in the elections however don't you think that with the growing discontent nationwide a

and moscow city elections all right emily i'm sure when reporting from moscow we thank you very much to hong kong now where there have been renewed clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters police fired tear gas at the protesters who are holding on authorized demonstrations in 2 locations it's the 10th straight weekend of protests which were originally triggered by opposition to a proposed law that would have allowed extradition from hong kong to mainland china . while activists held a number of other protests earlier in the day that remain peaceful including a sit in at hong kong airport. at the airport protesters assembled for a 2nd day to greet passengers arriving in the city drawing international attention to their cause saturday morning also saw a rather tranquil rally in support of the pro-democracy movement it brought together families demanding a stable and free future the wave of protests began 3 months ago in opposition to draft legislation to allow suspects in criminal cases to be tried in mainland china but the demands have widened. i'm worried if the extraditio

though this right now is a moscow city issue it's moscow elections it's happening in moscow there's very much resonance to the entire a contrie side of russia. but right there their thirties have they're afraid and they have a reason to be afraid because this politico basically political opposition movement in moscow may begin to spread out and join forces with the social economic discontent that's really massive in russia because russia is in the car nomic those drums for over 6 years household incomes have been declining and there's the economic frustration it it's right now not public and it's not connection connected to the actions and through the moscow council but if a jew they join forces the affluent more politicised moscow public with the disc and a social discontent in the russian provinces then the russian authorities could be in really serious trouble. is that you don't think that the opposition candidates. have any chance to win the city elections even if they were given permission to take part in the elections however don't you think that with the growing discontent na

and hundreds are detained as moscow police cooption opposition rally police say the gathering was illegal protesters saying they're fighting for fair elections. i'm irish waiter it's good to have you with us protesters 2 who vandalized the hong kong police station have faced a blast of tear gas and retaliation police intervened after demonstrators threw stones spray graffiti and lit a fire the clashes came as tens of thousands of protesters gathered in a normally busy market district hong kong has now seen 3 months of unrest triggered by a controversial extradition model the past 2 weekends have seen escalating violence from both protesters and police. to have you show us how some pillows in hong kong are protesters are bracing themselves for the night ahead. it's we're now seeing these young people appearing to be getting ready for clashes later on many of them wearing protective headgear as indeed we've been told to do we've seen some people putting on their face masks and goebbels already they were experience weeks of tear gas and seem to be concerned that that might happen again we've

and tension in moscow as police try to fend off what they call an unauthorized opposition rally with hundreds detained this just a week after security forces arrested more than a 1000 people protesting a ban on some opposition candidates running in city elections. i am. i my ash waiter it's good to have you with us in hong kong tear gas has been fired at protesters after they vandalized a police station earlier thousands of demonstrators blocked a major road in the city center the spike police appeals to clear the area hong kong has seen months of unrest triggered by a controversial extradition ma the unrest has now evolved into a wider movement for further democratic reforms in the past 2 weekends have seen a surge in violence from both protesters and police who have fired rubber bullets and tear gas. t.w. charlotte has some pillows in hong kong and joins us now for the latest charlotte what more can you tell us about the clashes right now how much tear gas are we talking about. my this is becoming a very familiar path and on the streets a phone call what began as a peaceful protest

though this right now is a moscow city issue it's moscow elections it's happening in moscow there's very much resonance to the entire a contrie side of russia. but right there their thirties have they're afraid and they have a reason to be afraid because this politico basically political opposition movement in moscow may begin to spread out and join forces with the social economic discontent that's really massive in russia because russia is in the konami though drums for over 6 years household incomes have been declining they're sick anomic frustration it it's right now not public and it's not connection connected to the actions and through the moscow council but if a jew they join forces the affluent more politicised moscow public with the disk and a social discontent in the russian provinces then the russian authorities could be in real serious trouble you said that you don't think that the opposition candidates. have any chance to win the city elections even if they were given permission to take part in the elections however don't you think that with the growing discontent nation

smart people in moscow understand that. i think some of the smart people are in putin's inner circle but they don't include the great man himself. so at some point the criminal with our decision to get out. at some point that will be 12 to 40 months from now, or eight to ten years. i don't know. thank you. >> well, there's a difference. [laughing] thank you, john. you gave us a lot to chew on. let me sort of, as people think about what they would like to raise with you in terms of questions and comments, let me get the ball rolling by, you kind of describing or at least commenting on how you depicted this emerging relationship between putin and zelensky. using to suggest that, as you said, putin hasn't congratulate zelensky. you also seem to suggest zelensky is made a couple of overtures that putin really hasn't responded to. i at least know they have had two conversations and have also heard through let's say well informed american sources that zelensky has at least indicated that he's prepared to take a different approach

and hundreds are detained as moscow police watched an opposition rally police say the gathering was a week old protesters insist they're fighting for fair elections. waiter it's good to have you with us a pro-democracy rally has turned chaotic after protesters clashed with police and faced tear gas in retaliation some demonstrators threw stones and lit a fire at the entrance of a police station the clashes came after tens of thousands of protesters gathered in a normally busy market district hong kong has now seen 3 months of unrest triggered by a controversial extradition law past 2 weekends have seen escalating violence from both protesters and police. our correspondent charlotte chosen hill is at the scene in downtown hong kong where the tensions are rising and she sent us this update just a short while ago protestors who are per card for like normal or go carry an umbrella weapon some google cars with well thought out their problem or question tonight we're. c going to have a remarkable are you going to pull rather through long. acuna carpet and we'll know more on morrow as well.

though this right now is a moscow city issue it's moscow elections it's happening in moscow there's very much with though resonance to the entire a contrie side of russia. but right there their thirties have they're afraid and they have a reason to be afraid because this politico basically political opposition movement in moscow may begin to spread out and join forces with the social economic discontent that's really massive in russia because russia is in the konami though drums for.

and tension in moscow as police try to fend off what they call an authorized opposition rally this comes just a week after security forces arrested more than a 1000 people protesting a ban on some opposition candidates in the city elections. i am. i married to evanston welcome to the program another mass anti-government rally in hong kong is growing increasingly tense it's the 9th weekend in a row of protests thousands of demonstrators have blocked a major road in the city's center the spine police appeals to clear the area hong kong has seen. months of unrest triggered by a controversial extradition long dresses now evolved into a wider movement for democratic reforms the past 2 weekends have seen a surge in violence from both protesters and police who fired rubber bullets and tear gas. at g.w.s. charlotte charleston pill is at those protests in hong kong and joins us now on the line for the latest so charlotte tell us what is happening where you are now. mariana dumbest. in hong kong and the energy that this process is really starting to go that began on iraq today he spoke 1000 people

underage girls also coming up a russian opposition politician is arrested as protests flare up again in moscow thousands have been taking to the streets in the past month demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for city council. and devastation in china as time from the key member of the country's coastline placed 18 people have been killed and more than a 1000000 painful to flee their heart. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program disgraced us financier jeffrey abstain has been found dead in his new york jail cell abstains thought to have killed himself despite being on suicide watch he was a convicted sex offender who was rearrested last month abstain was facing sex trafficking charges and accusations he abused dozens of teenage girls he denied the charges and faced up to 45 years in prison if convicted. i'm joined now by correspondent foley is from washington public what are authorities saying about it. hi rebecca well the latest that we have here is that the story broke here in the united states just a few hours ago at by several media sources saying. jeffrey epstein was

and a russian opposition politician is arrested as protests flare up again in moscow thousands have been taking to the streets in the past month demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for city council. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program their brain renewed clashes in hong kong between police and pro-democracy activists placed fired tear gas at protesters who are holding an authorized demonstrations in 2 locations it's the 10th straight weekend of protests that were triggered by opposition to a proposed law that would have allowed extradition from hong kong to mainland china activists held a number of other protests earlier in the day that remained peaceful including a sit in at hong kong airport. at the airport protesters assembled for a 2nd day to greet passengers arriving in the city drawing international attend. to their cause saturday morning also saw a rather tranquil rally in support of the pro-democracy movement it brought together families demanding a stable and free future the wave of protests began 3 months ago in opposition to draft legislation to allow

and tension in moscow as police try to fend off what they call an unauthorized opposition rally with hundreds detained this just a week after security forces arrested more than a 1000 people protesting a ban on some opposition candidates in city elections. i'm irish waiter thank you for joining us protesters who vandalized a hong kong police station have faced tear gas or salutation police intervened after some demonstrators threw stones at the station for coffee and lit a fire at its entrance the clashes came as tens. thousands of protesters gathered in a normally busy market district hong kong has seen months of unrest triggered by a controversial extradition law the unrest has now evolved into a wider movement for democratic reforms past 2 weekends have seen escalating violence from both protesters and police. to give you some pill is in hong kong where protesters are bracing themselves for the night ahead it's we're now seeing these young people appearing to be getting ready for clashes later on many of them wearing protective headgear as indeed we've been told to do we've seen s

version of google called uganda want to put you in the back seat and nobody in the front will take you to moscow. and put your game face on cause it's a game called the world's largest gaming event it's back we were there for the opening. this is p.w. business i'm joined on in berlin welcome officially u.s. companies are now supposed to already be banned from doing business with chinese tech supplier while way but the u.s. is commerce department has again given wall weigh in 90 days take its 2nd one in a row to move about odds with the u.s. president donald trump's harsher messaging towards the company leaving many unsure of what to expect when the current reprieve and in november. when the u.s. spawn on one way it was announced 3 months ago it was a big deal for the likes of google as it meant it wouldn't be able to sell updates of its droid software to while away phones many other u.s. companies such as the chip makers qualcomm and broadcom would also be affected. but over the weekend speculation grew that the u.s. would postpone the ban on monday u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross confirmed

elections on september 8th emily shown in moscow thanks very much for that update. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world russia's state nuclear agency russell tome says 5 members of staff were killed on thursday during the testing of a rocket engine local authorities near the military site in the country's northwest reported a brief spike in radiation levels during the accident but there's been no official explanation for why an accident like this would cause radiation to spike. at least 60 people have died in tanzania after an overturned fuel truck exploded people in the east african nation was siphoning petrol from the vehicle at a busy intersection when the blast happened some reports suggest a cigarette was the cause north korea's 52 unidentified projectiles from a site on its eastern coast they landed in the sea of japan according to south korea's military pyongyang has called other recent rocket test a warning to seoul over its plans to continue military drills with the united states. the man accused of last weekend's

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i word goes out that stalin abandoned moscow it's all over here. so the other thing was, while hitler, for instance, as things began to go wrong in the battle for moscow in 1941, eventually fired his top generals, some of his most gifted generals and made himself commander in chief of the army. only multiplying his mistakes. stalin, what he was very disfrustrateful of generals and could do horrible things to him, began to trust in particular one man, the commander-in-chief, who led the defense of moscow, who also been involved in the defense of leningrad, and slowly began to accept some -- that there could be some -- that the generals could be teaching him a few things how to get out of this situation. he was still a despot and could still turn against anybody, but he was some reader -- shrewder than hitler was. >> i know this is a the theoretical question that knowing that america was isolationist, wow would franklin have gotten america into the war if hitler had not declared war. >> that's a very good what-if question. right before pearl harbor,

smart people in moscow understand that. some of those smart people in putin's inner circle but they don't include the great man himself. so at some point the kremlin will make the hard decision to get out. at some point could be 12 to 14 months from now or eight to ten years. i don't know. thank you. >> well, there's a difference. [laughter] thank you, you gave us a lot to chew on. about, as people think what they would like to raise with you in terms of questions and comments, let me get the ball rolling. you are describing, or at least commenting on how you depicted this emerging relationship zelens putin and ky. you said putin has not congratulated zelensky, and zelensky has made overtures that putin has not responded to. i know they have had two conversations, and have heard through well-informed american sources that zelensky has adicated that he is prepared different approach to these ossified minsk agreements, and look hard at this idea of holding elections in the east. step, ife to take that he were to say, begin to

and really sure when in moscow 1st thank you so much. hundreds of people have attended a prayer service in berlin to show solidarity with the rabbi who was assaulted in the german capital german foreign ministry heiko mosque was among those who attended the service in a synagogue on friday the attack took place 2 weeks ago by 2 arabic speaking men as the rabbi walked home with his son after conducting a service at the synagogue it's the latest in a string of recent anti-semitic attacks in germany. synagogue is rabbi yehuda title's workplace it isn't far from where he was recently attacked it happened on his way home from services 2 men approached hurling insults in german in arabic and also spat on him it's fun to tear the fish. it was dramatic my child was with me. i was really shaken should not. anti-semitism is growing again in germany the hate and violence directed at jews come largely from the far right although the muslim community also bears some responsibility. experts are taking note of these new forms of anti-semitism as mentio

and tensions in moscow as police try to fend off the baycol an unauthorized opposition rally with dozens detained this just a week after security forces arrested more than a 1000 people turned testing a ban on some opposition candidates in city elections. i am. told. by my ash waiter it's good to have you with us another mass anti-government rally in hong kong is growing increasingly tense this is the 9th straight weekend of protests thousands of demonstrators have blocked a major road in the city center despite police appeals to clear the area. hong kong has seen months of unrest triggered by a controversial extradition law the unrest has now evolved into a wider movement for further democratic reforms the past 2 weekends have seen a surge of violence from both protesters and police who have fired rubber bullets and tear gas. to. among the protesters in hong kong as the protests got underway earlier here's what she had to say thousands are back on the streets of hong kong today and today is going to be extremely pivotal in these weeks of protests and that is because this is the 1st big

elections on that memory emulation in moscow thanks very much for that update. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 60 people have died in tanzania after an overturned fuel truck exploded people in the east african nation were siphoning petrol from the vehicle at a busy intersection when the blast happened some reports suggest a cigarette was to cause southern separatists in yemen have taken control of government military camps in aden fighting in the port city has been raging for 4 straight days between rebel and loyalist forces sources say the presidential palace has also surrounded. both koreas fired 2 on a unidentified projectiles from a site on its eastern coast they landed in the sea of japan according to south korea's military pyongyang has 4 other recent book tests a warning to seoul over its plans to continue military drills with the united states. disgraced u.s. finance here jeffrey epstein has been found dead in his new york prison cell epstein is thought to have killed himself he was a convicted sex

own version of google called young dicks wants to put you in the back seat and nobody in the front in moscow driverless cars are being tested for the city's tax. game face on because it's games called the world's largest gaming event is back with a new focus on smaller developers. time. this is the business welcome political unrest in hong kong has formed to china to speed up its vast greater bay area projects regional development program beijing believes the promise of strongly konami growth will ease anger in hong kong the government wants to make hong kong a key part of a cluster of cities in the poll of adults are creating a vibrant because on the economic area that chinese president xi jinping describes the guangdong hong kong macao great of a project as central to china's great national rejuvenation. now let's have a closer look at this greater bay area the scheme would see a number of cities including how to link up to form an integrated economic. hub the greater bay area has a population of $70000000.00 people and a g.d.p. well over $1.00 trillion u.s. dollars making it a potential r

is saying the truth is from moscow's perspective that the whole discussion started in december 2018 washington demanded that the prime and should destroy its new cruise missiles i think the name is 9 am and 7 to 9 and according to washington this new weapon violates the i.n.f. treaty but russia is saying no this is not true the foreign office that just said just a couple of days ago that the technique that technical parameters offers missile comply with the treaty provisions so right now it's important for moscow to win the so-called blame game do you think you want to nail says the mud russia's position than one hor to russia solely responsible for the end of this i n f treaty there are also reports the u.s. is planning to test a new myside ritual would have been banned under the i.m.f. . well you know it took the u.s. several years to bring all nato allies behind it on its mission to either push russia somehow into compliance or to to drop the i.n.f. treaty the u.s. spent many many briefings with detailed evidence with surveillance imagery and finally only last year all allies inc

is reportedly planning to test a new myside which would have been prohibited under the treaty moscow says the treaty is dead because if the u.s. and his scorning on washington not to deploy anymore dockets. 1987 a historic agreement between the soviet union and the united states president mikhail gorbachev and ronald reagan signed the i.n.f. treaty marking a change of course after decades of cold war nuclear tension. the root of the tension was this the soviet s s 20 missile a nuclear warhead that could strike western europe at short notice. that worried those european countries on the other side of the iron curtain were well within the missiles reach of 5 and a half 1000 kilometers. the u.s. response was to deploy its own mid range pershing missiles in europe that was met with protests across the west the demonstrations showed demand for a new direction the result was the i.n.f. treaty. it banned all ground launched ballistic missiles with ranges of between $505.00 and a half 1000 kilometers the soviet union got rid of $1846.00 intermediate range missiles in the united states about

russia's own version of google young that wants to put you in the back seat and nobody in the front in moscow is driverless cars are being tested 6. put your game face on because it's games called the world's largest gaming event is back with a new focus on smaller developers. business you've got your business. in welcome political unrest in hong kong has prompted china to speed up its vast regional development program the grades of bay area project beijing has long planned this but believes the promise of strong economic growth will ease anger in hong kong which will lose its special status in 28 years so the government wants to make hong kong a key part of a cluster of cities in the pole river delta creating a vibrant economic area chinese president xi jinping describes the great debate project as central to china's great national rejuvenating on kong is just hot off a greater plan than. let's have a closer look at this great have bay area scheme would see 12 cities in the. area link up to form an integrated economic hub those would include shuns in macau and to further in the north the gre

the international atomic energy agency in moscow. professor of international relations at the high school of economics in moscow you also wrote the book the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia and finally in washington d.c. david thoreau she is a professor and senior military fellow at the national defense university so former nato operations director the joint chiefs of staff gentlemen welcome to all of you all supreme the qualified to talk about this topic i wonder if i could start with a general question and i'll get a short answer from each of you. this is really to clear things up about the violation of the treaty was it violated because you've got both sides saying no we didn't do it it was them so tada grow 1st of all in your view was the treaty violated was it warranted that the u.s. would pull out of it well it's not entirely clear because the u.s. director of national intelligence said that the russians have this missile the 9 m. $7.00 to $9.00 from a fixed launcher in the. in the excess of 500 kilometers

taking place near moscow with discussions ranging from syria to the purchase of russia. also coming up in oklahoma judge finds the pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson guilty of fueling the u.s. state's opioid epidemic and causing a surge in drug related deaths. accountable for thousands of addiction. why the activity. and the triple threat tensions soar in the middle east as israel carries a strike against a really intrude in syria just days after suspected is really drone attacks in lebanon and iraq. from moscow to the world every hour of the day this is our to international and my name's even a little a little. this hour's top story president putin and his turkish counterpart read on have held talks with in the past number of the 29000 show which is taking place not too far from here just outside moscow the 2 discussed a number of issues including cooperation on the syrian crisis on the possible purchase of russian fighter jets. our correspondent attended the subsequent media conference could see again what were your takeaways from the meeting today. you did again

moscow's purchased getting a soundtrack the lyrics go thick smoke in the center of moscow anyone who inhales it ends up in jail that is how well known pop musicians blow most latest song describes the mood in the capital the ongoing protests in moscow and spar attempt to write the song several days ago that. they were all citizens it doesn't matter whether we are musicians or not whether we sing songs at the rallies rallies are not for singing not for. having fun not for looking at famous people rallies or society's attempt to interact with the authorities. through. a blow off as not the only musician who has recently come out in support of the protests for free elections and against police violence last week some artist performed at the organized rally in central moscow. meanwhile the musicians of gorky park are just out to entertain for several weeks now authorities have organized music festivals here to take place during opposition protests critics say the concerts are intended to draw people our way from the rallies. leading russian pop stars took to the stage this weekend many v

but we start in russia where a new highway used to be built through an area in the south of moscow the problem during the soviet era radioactive waste was dumped here locals around environmentalists are sounding the. dangerous levels of radiation that's what nuclear physicist andrea shut off his radiation counter tells him every time here moscow's pauli metals factory started dumping nuclear waste on this hill in the 1940 s. and fifty's when the area in the south of moscow wasn't yet part of the city so far the radioactive material is contained under a layer of clay but the activist insists that the plant highway could cut straight through the nuclear waste. they might start digging up the soil and moving into round without taking into account what is contaminated it will be released into the atmosphere and anyone who agrees that song will get radioactive nuclei into their lungs if. he has been giving informal tours of the spot to journalists and locals. local residents like are worried about what could end up in the river and in their long yes is like the story if you know that there'

opposition politician is arrested and many more are detained by police as protests flare up again in moscow. welcome to the program. a saudi led coalition says it has launched air strikes targeting southern separatists in yemen after they broke ranks and seized a presidential palace in the 2nd city ada the coalition is calling that a coup and is blaming the united arab emirates which until now had sided with saudi arabia in the 4 year conflict will get the latest from the yeah yeah many capital sanaa in a moment but 1st a look at the development that is apparently split the 2 middle eastern alliance. fighters seeking renewed independence for yemen sites take control of the presidential palace the separatists backed by the united arab emirates say they seized the compound without a fight since 2014 they have been part of the saudi led military coalition fighting the here's the rebels now the allies appear to have turned on each other further complicating efforts for peace. of the city we achieved a big victory in the state's capital 8 and untamed pro-government battalions were defeated. it f

she was whisked away by the riot police, taken out of moscow. hong kong is bracing for a ninth consecutive weekend of pro—democracy protests. activists are preparing to hold another mass rally, despite increasing stern warnings from china's central government about the unrest. the demonstrations began in response to a move to allow the extradition of suspects to mainland china. here are some pictures live from the scene. the people you can see at the front of the screen are some of the protesters. you see them often wearing the hard hats. we can speak to our correspondent stephen mcdonell, who joins us from hong kong. iamat i am at the police station where tear gas has been fired here already. i will show you why. protesters have been throwing bricks into the police station. look at this car, a vehicle inside the police station that has been smashed up. further appear, we look inside, many bricks strewn all over the ground here. the police had warned, a tear gas warning went out. it did not stop this graffiti over the large police complex here

moscow mitch, that being mcconnell of moscow, kentucky. moscow mitch blocks two bills. >> moscow mitch. >> moscow mitch keeps killing any bill that would protect american democracy. >> but i want to talk about moscow mitch. >> moscow mitch. >> he is aiding and abetting vladimir putin -- >> yeah. >> ongoing attempts to subvert american democracy. >> moscow mitch won't even let the senate take a vote on it. that is un-american! >> that just this past friday left such a mark that it's now possible to say this, if indeed the u.s. senate passes bipartisan legislation to protect and harden our defenses against the russians, it may be thanks to former florida republican congressman and current msnbc "morning joe" host, joe scarborough. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is not happy to have this new nickname. not this one. mcconnell is running for his seventh term. of course he has to be re-elected in kentucky first if he wants to stay majority leader, yet he has blocked the legislation that the critics say would stop the kind of interference

and russia stoltenberg blames russia for the us withdrawal from the treaty saying that moscow failed to comply after it develops a new cruise missile. it was a tweak that announced the end of over 30 years of mutual nuclear restraint u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o squarely put the blame on russia when he declared the treaty ends today president trump had withdrawn from the agreement 6 months ago after russia deployed a new missile system that contravenes the ins terms according to washington and nato. put russia is adamant that the us is responsible for the treaties unraveling . which we have discussed the subject in detail many times from the very beginning we were saying that this is exclusively a us initiative america brenda's 1st to shatter this agreement and then terminate participation and at. the gushing with him this week i'm going to moscow has proposed a moratorium on deploying nuclear capable missiles and nato is also keen to avoid europe becoming a staging ground for a nuclear buildup would be funny we will not mirror what russia does we don't want a new officers a

morning in moscow hailed as heroes that was a big headline in the wake to russian pilots pull off an emergency landing expertly they say saving the passengers lives after their plane itself a double engine failure during takeoff we'll tell you all about it are we also in the news or view of the week a medical examiner rules that the death of the disgraced former finance jeffrey epstein was a result of suicide the multi-millionaire's lawyers though say they're not satisfied with the conclusion and intend to carry out their own investigation. plus 2 this came in overnight a bomb blast devastating a wedding ceremony in the afghan capital kabul that's left $63.00 dead and $182.00 wounded. this is out international kevin owen here for next half hour with a recap of simple big stories from the last 7 days thanks take the time to join us today to help with us well this was the big story there wasn't it coming from russia those 2 russian pilots who went down in aviation history on thursday morning rubber 6 o'clock in the morning pulling off what's been described as a miraculous emergency lan

thank you simon yes monitoring groups in fact say 50000 people attended the rally in moscow and more than 200 have been arrested the activists are demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run in local elections next month they also want those detained during recent protests to be released when a government crackdown on the demonstrations which started in july has seen stiles arrested on saturday russian riot police ringed off the presidential administration building in moscow off to hundreds were seen walking towards the area chanting putin is a thief kremlin says the demonstrators are being influenced by quote foreign meddling step for us and has more now from that protest in moscow. and i am to the stream of people coming to the protest here in the center of moscow it's to force we can't in a role that moscow is seeing these kinds of protests and it's turned out that the government was definitely not expecting despite the weather conditions a lot of people are going to be here to show they're angry it's not about the election here in moscow any longer because that's how i

moscow mitch says it's a hoax. how can moscow mitch so willingly turn a blind eye? moscow mitch won't even let the senate take a vote on it. that is unamerican. he's moscow mitch. >> he said it five times. that was our own joe scarborough skewerring mcconnell last week after mcconnell blocked two bipartisan senate bills that would have helped to secure our elections against ongoing russian attacks. mcconnell's determined blocking of the bills even got him labeled a russian asset by a friend of the show dana milbank in his "washington post" column. mcconnell was to the floor to express his umbrage and to cry out against mccarthyism. >> i was called unpatriotic, unamerican, and essentially treasonous by a couple left wing pundits on the basis of bold-faced lies. i was accused of aiding and a betting the very man i've singled out as an adversary and opposed for 20 years, vladimir putin. >> why so mad, mitch? "morning joe" wasn't even the first to coin the phrase moscow mitch. that honor goes to murray ward from kentucky in a local paper called the murray ledger and tim

and it's not just autonomous cars that are being trialled in moscow so driving trains are also in an early test phase the train slowed down automatically when people are close by as with the cars cameras and sensors constantly monitor the situation around them. in moscow there could be anything such as a bright sun which can also be a problem sometimes when it blinds the camera similar to when it blinds a person in moscow there could be heavy rain when wipers working at maximum speed are unable to clean the windshields there can also be a very heavy snow storm which covers windshields and in all these conditions the system has to work properly. every kilometer the test vehicles cover provides the company with valuable information but what will these cars cost yandex says a single car currently costs around $6500000.00 rubles or about $90000.00 euros that's down sharply from the 1st prototype which cost almost $10000000.00 rubles to build now to some of the other business stories making headlines. u.s. president donald trump has called on the federal reserve to cut its key interest ra

culture also coming up on the show in our case no series on european that mobs will visit red square in moscow. bus we begin in paris and a brand new museum that will open to the public next week the music data libya as you want to pagi the museum of the liberation of paris is dedicated to the 2nd world war more specifically to the resistance of the french people to the nazis it opens this weekend in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of paris in 1944 which is the noblest that just kind of great had a she is now free and fitted free as cat. 25th of august 944 a day the french will never forget. after 4 years of planning and 20000000 euro a new museum in the heart of paris is finally ready to open its doors to the public . private $7000.00 artifacts from world war 2 will be on display. for military equipment to everyday civilian items. and the pistol of the famous resistance fighter. but the star attraction of the museum is the underground bunker of one of the key leaders of the french resistance . his son john hopes that his story will resonate with younger generations. si

day there's thousands of people here not just from moscow but also from all over russia. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to you in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. a deadly separatist crisis in the central african country of cameron has deepened this week a military tribunal in the majority french speaking state has handed life sentences to 10 leaders from an english speaking breakaway region and activists warn the move will impede efforts to end the bloody conflict amid accusations of serious human rights abuses. unlawful killing sinews of excessive force by government forces during security operations have been rife since the crisis started security forces seem to have little fear of what will happen as they commit brazen crimes against civilians. nearly half of all the schools closed across the region juta attacks threats of attack and increasing violence are located in the northwest and southwest cameroon 4437 schools there closed as of june 29th seen pushing more than 609000 children out of school the current armed conflict began