prosecutors say the man who fatally stabbed 4 colleagues. thursday was an islamic extremist. nuclear talks between the u.s. and north korea break down just hours after getting started with. the u.s. government approves millions of dollars worth of. certainly

with us. all right a deadly stabbing at a paris police station is now being investigated as an act of terrorism this according to prosecutors the man who killed 4 colleagues on thursday was linked to islamic extremist networks earlier my colleague you know neil discussed the story with. yes you would do the investigation has revealed the perpetrator was in contact with several individuals likely to belong to the salafist an islamist movements in addition testimony indicates that he did hear to a radical vision of islam this knife attack was a catastrophe that shook paris to its core the assailant was a 45 year old michael harp and who had worked at a police station for 15 years and all that time the police who are tasked with preventing such attacks had no suspicions that harping would kill 4 of his

colleagues with a knife he smuggled in. i . what exactly are the authorities actually saying about the attackers about if this well anti-terrorism prosecutors are currently handling this case and they still don't have enough information to pin down the the assailants motivations exactly but they did reveal that the assailant converted to islam 18 months prior to the attack now of course the authorities say that that's not an automatic sign of radicalization but there's other information they also revealed that he had a radical vision of islam and was also in communication with solid islamicists

which of course is enough to keep terrorist motivations on the table in considering the situation but so far the police haven't found any evidence as to anything pointing towards religious motives after they searched his house in the suburbs of paris you talk with some of the details a 45 i think you say. what else do we know about the attackers but. well his wife was arrested after he was shot dead in the police station up. the murder and she told authorities that harp and was actually acting deranged and was hearing voices in his head the night before this attack took place that have something to do with his motivations of course maybe but so far the authorities haven't connected all the dots to say for sure. staying with paris now police have attempted to remove hundreds of environmental protesters from a shopping mall campaigners from extinction rebellion movement along with yellow vest activists entered the italy to mall in the south east of the french capital on

saturday morning they called it their demonstration last occupation before the world complex were forced to close as a result of the unrest. switching to ecuador now the country is in the grips of mass civil unrest over soaring fuel prices demonstrations began over the government's decision to end a fuel subsidies which is expected to cause prices of petrol and diesel to more than double. i students and transport workers have been leading a nationwide strike and the president is using emergency powers to deploy troops in an attempt to maintain order but there has also been scenes of chaos as police clashed with protesters and there's been at least $350.00 arrests the fuel subsidies cost the government more than a $1000000000.00 a year in quito says there is no chance they will be reinstated is all part of the

president's plan to cut public spending to meet the terms of an i.m.f. loan agreed to in march or does he go off to a deeper look at the impact. the i.m.f. is generous and open handed and giving and see whenever a country's economy is in grave need my immediate priority for the i.m.f. . ease to help members minimize the risk of crises we focus on job creation we focus on productivity we focus on stability stability actually will be my my my key focus to build strong qualities so people fly 30 through. except far too often when he stayed places its trust in the i.m.f. it ends up in scenes like these.

guys sure screeches i don't know the facts she doesn't suit the charts are still. the last pictures we showed you are from ecuador a country that proves that the i.m.f. does business the same way on both sides of the atlantic at the expense of the people the ecuadorian administration reached a 4 point $2000000000.00 deal with the fund in exchange for a forms abiding by its trusted playbook the i.m.f. marketed in a non surprise fashion achieving their own last fiscal position is at the core of the authorities programme which will be supported by a 3 year extended arrangement from the i.m.f. well i've already kind of spoiled to you how this has turned out so far in turmoil

in the streets and the state of emergency the authorities have voluntarily renounced their right to choose they must follow through with the tax reform stripped their citizens of some labor protections and cause fuel prices to double measures wildly unpopular among the people well but these are the commandments of the sect of a stereotype and like with any cult it's easy to get in not to get out in 2002 the president of malawi a nation in africa said that the i.m.f. had forced them to sell big countries strategic grain reserves they did and as a result millions of people were exposed to famine when the drought hit. something the i.m.f. outright refused to accept any responsibility for the causes of food shortages in malawi are complex including lapses in the government's early warning systems distortions in domestic markets and mismanagement of food reserves in more recent

cases the i am of bailout programs for italy greece ireland and portugal ignited europe wide and to your stereo to movement just when people realised that in reality the money comes not from the i.m.f. but from their wallets in ecuador just over 20 percent of the population support the reforms that came until with the funds billions because the i.m.f. is a robin hood who got it all wrong and now gives to the rich and takes from the poor the i.m.f. is given a credit to our country is under certain conditions on the. day they control the economy and they're going to go on which is about the goal of the i.m.f. what they are really following this trade to open the economy of whether just to make the. ecuadorian people in the future going to get access to a different kind of private services that they dig out but the thing is what is the cause of this going off the rest of the ration of the economy anything they're

doing we know they're going to increase inflation but obviously with that with the high like i say with the cost of this direction they're going to be in. north korea's top nuclear negotiator has said that talks with of the u.s. have broken down just hours after they started in stockholm. we are disappointed that the united states has not put anything on the negotiating table now the responsibility for the continuation of the talks lies with the us it was the 1st meeting between delegations from the 2 countries since it donald trump and kim jong un met in the de-militarized zone between the 2 koreas in june ahead of saturday's talks u.s. secretary of state my palm pale had said there was still a lot of work to be done to build trust and improve relations contrary to north korea's statement though washington has claimed the latest discussions were not a failure and alloted to come up with a number of creative ideas and the run up to the meeting in north korea said it had

tested a submarine launched nuclear capable missile the pentagon then fired its own intercontinental ballistic missile in response political analyst told us that he did not expect the latest discussions to be successful. picture don't go here or expects only is expected this political sanctions against against them it's very reasonable it should demand too considering that north korea never attacked anybody and definitely doesn't pose much to do to anybody in the region most korea all these the lifting of the sanctions on north america is not willing to the united states is not willing to. even go she'd on this point and so i don't. understand the war except for the beyond avoid these meetings and they go

she should take place because at this obvious ones that are now that they will end up. this way and if you look at the u.s. negotiation community well since so they're all came to power of basically the only country of the world they never achieved anything it will be china or any other country it doesn't seem to the u.s. is really moving to make any compromises if only partner or enemy. billionaires should not exist and of all of the people nodding in agreement with that statement from u.s. presidential hopeful bernie sanders is mega rich facebook founder mark zuckerberg sanders also says that wealth inequality is out of control but despite that surprising admission from zuckerberg the world's 5th richest person not all of the super rich are on board and willing to give up their luxuries some are even

suggesting that they are part of an oppressed minority as artie's came up and reports. billionaires pretty much rule the united states the president himself is a billionaire but apparently he is the most threatened and bullied man in the country he has turned american diplomacy into a cheap extortion racket let's be honest donald trump is a loser all his failed 'd businesses trump cares about exactly one person and that one person is named donald trump i'm sorry that you're a terrible president. well perhaps but the bullying of donald trump has very little to do with him being a billionaire billionaires almost live in a parallel universe with elite parties private jets and little islands that they own but apparently some billionaires feel like they are a persecuted minority it's the ordinary people that are persecuting them led by a boogie man named bernie sanders. billionaires billionaire billionaire

billionaire billionaire killian as billionaire as i am not a billionaire due to all that class hatred incited by bernie sanders the rich are forced to hide in fancy restaurants and the studio of the fox news channel is no longer safe for them to roam the streets with commoners let's go back to bernie sanders for a minute when you're having a standard here what the hell has he done it's aspirational i didn't start with anything to penalize everyone that's done well now steve schwarzman the founder of blackstone says that the treatment of billionaires in the united states is starting to resemble the treatment of the jews in nazi germany seriously he actually said this it's the wall it's like when hitler invaded poland in 1939 and he's not the only one it's a rising trend if you go back to 1933 we've different words this is what hitler was saying in germany you don't survive as a society if you encourage and thrive on and view it genesee the wealthy t.v.

preacher kenneth copeland has also reported suffering at the hands of the not so well. thing or a huge fire lines you can't manage that today right this don't feel old world right get in an air get in alone too with a bunch of being been so the gap between the rich and poor in america has reached its peak in half a century so do you think that billionaires are really an oppressed minority we decided to ask new yorkers what they think that's a joke right oppressed. not at all welcome to be approached minority when living in a world anyway i don't think they should be hated they didn't get that way well most people did a really successful got that way because they work if they have enough money so they can protect themselves don't believe in demonizing the successful i mean their majority of them has created a product or service ness or result of. the good work that they've done this is their success so i don't demonize him for being successful now this notion that the rich are somehow mistreated by society is certainly not new the cold war novelist

and philosopher i know rand wrote an entire book called atlas shrugged it was about how the rich of the world go on strike against the ungrateful rabble who levy taxes against them but average americans just don't buy the argument seems that when the ultra rich claim the world has been unfair to them they don't really know what fair means kaleb up and r.t. new york. iraq has been left to reeling by 5 days of nationwide anti-government protests in which at least 93 people have been killed this according to rights groups the unrest began on tuesday as thousands rallied in baghdad against a state corruption and police fired tear gas and live rounds to disperse the crowds internet access has now been cut in most parts of the country curfews were also temporarily imposed on iraq's prime minister adel mahdi has defended the use of lethal force against protesters. and security measures that are being taken

a difficult choices but he's likely to medicine this indispensable. because your security cannot be risked. the iraqi prime minister also said there is no magic solution to the country's economic problems according to the world bank just 43 percent of working age iraqis are either in employment or seeking work that is despite the country having the 4th largest oil reserves in the world iraqi is still coping with the legacy of the 2003 u.s. invasion and war that followed almost 2000000 people are internally displaced and 7000000 are in need of humanitarian aid the government says it would cost at least $90000000000.00 to rebuild the country's infrastructure iraqi kurdish journalist he told us that the public has been making the same demands for years. unfortunately the u.s. policy in iraq has been a failed on a failure after failure or really not knowing iraq well their demands are with most

iraqis have been asking for for over the past 16 years since 2003 and it doesn't seem to be any real practical response from the government they are still resorting to the old fashioned ways of either using violence with these protests or trying to talk to some of their leaders and the one thing very important about these protests is that they really do not have leaders chronic corruption the chronic problems that have been in the country since 2003 i have not been solved cutting the internet is not going to work imposing a curfew will not work live bullets would work. the impeachment inquiry into donald trump over his phone call with a villager of ukraine has seen white house officials subpoenaed over the us presidents contacts with kiev democrats spearheading the probe say mr trump has left them with no other choice as for u.s.

military aid which plays an important role in the whole scandal u.s. state department this week approved the sale of nearly $40000000.00 worth of anti-tank weapons to kiev the $150.00 javelin missiles come on top of the $200.00 sold into the country last year our correspondent but our guys you have had his own unique commentary on how ukraine has turned into a gold mine for the u.s. . at 1st sight you wouldn't take ukraine for a land of opportunity unless you're into peddling weapons the javelin system will help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sober instance oratorial integrity in order to meet its national defense requirements now ain't that just the american dream selling weapons to a nation that can barely afford to keep itself was. warm in the winter and not just any weapons the javelin by far the most expensive and it's class more than $200000.00 for the launcher and a rocket was uneasy though it took

a concentrated push by arms manufacturers lobbyists and politicians to overturn a ban on lethal weapon sales to ukraine and this man this man was at the center of it the significance of this is that we lifted the bombing your arms did provide anti-tank weapons. and now we're prepared to treat you crazy like any other normal country which is this just look at this face doesn't it radiate honesty and empathy but appearances can be deceptive kurt was nor could had a little side gig going on that was all hush hush the sod from representing trump in ukraine he also worked for the b.g. are a huge and powerful lobbying group which surprise lobbies for a theater the company that manufactures javelin missiles and will make millions by

selling them to ukraine cut unfortunately resigned in september aside from the hold potentially corrupt thing with b.g. are a great he and he was also embroiled in the trump ukraine scandal speaking of which trump has recently put on hold almost $400000000.00 in military aid to ukraine it leaves out. a scheme to use the leverage of the presidency you'd use the leverage of the. vital military assistance to a foreign nation. to provide or tame dirt on a political opponent it's hard to imagine a more serious set of allegations than those contained in the comply. surely they can't all be rotten this is adam adam has a much friendlier face than kurt adams seems genuinely concerned about ukraine and

last adam doesn't seem to be any better see among adams sponsors is a fellow named igor pasternak who makes a lot of money on military contracts with ukraine is the pasternak recently hosted a fundraiser for adam after which the congressman began all but the man doing that the u.s. send money and arms to ukraine which would allow his generous sponsor to rearm the tire ukrainian military just last year the m. 16 project was conceived some time ago as ukrainian armed forces border guards and national guard we time switch to nato standards. honus t. you could probably film sin city 3 with characters based on these guys but even if you don't sell guns and don't get kickbacks or donations from mama's manufacturers you can still use ukraine here for example as ukraine's national and t.

corruption bureau chief sit nick recorded bragging about how he helped hillary clinton during the 2016 election. but i helped hillary belongs to the co-hosts of politicians who comprise the huge money in the us both in the us and in the entire world for runs that is sort of better oh you could definitely film sin city 3 with these guys but the audio is real confirmed by ukraine's attorney general it was missed the city by the way who published dirt on trump's campaign manager in 2016 in the real last anyway but the fellow who tried so what if you don't have guns to sell or elections to win what if for example daddy months to get his young boy a nice cushy job where he didn't have to do much well ukraine's the help booth

john biden's son and john kerry's stepson landed executive jobs at a ukrainian energy company now strap yourself in hunter biden earned $50000.00 a month 50000 in a country where the average wage is a few $100.00 and you know what in the weird and wacky world of u.s. politicians and i think i gave you a taste of just how wacky it is that's normal the underlying about problem here was of course hunter biden receiving $50000.00 a month from ukraine energy company do you think that that is evidence of corrupt behavior no people are set on. mine. payments it was always a playground for america ukraine in 2013 victoria nuland boasted about the billions america spent supporting democracy in ukraine or meddling in its politics

you pick since ukraine's independence in 1901 the united states has supported ukrainians as they do democratic skills and institutions as they promote civic participation and good governance of which are preconditions for ukraine to achieve its european aspirations we've invested over 5000000000 dollars to assist ukraine in knees and articles that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train well thank you mr nuland didn't ukraine turn out great but let again look at it like an american senator you don't care that ukrainians are poor cold stressed and hopeless what you care about is that your sponsors can make money and keep doing meeting to you what you care about is ukrainians helping you in elections what you care about is ukraine providing your kids with comfy little jobs that pay millions over the years

and if you are an american senator well ukraine couldn't have turned out any better. the u.s. secretary of state has hailed his country's relationship with greece saying that times have never been stronger my pump is currently on a 2 day trip of athens where he has been holding talks with the prime minister and other top officials but the public reception was was welcoming. thousands gathered in front of the greek parliament calling for washington's top diplomat to go home and some protesters clashed with police force them back with tear gas others burned an american flag and. front of the u.s. embassy and through red paint on a statue of president harry truman but despite the reaction my pump a.o. was unfazed and made clear purpose is. a bit selfish america

needs to keep greek greece successful and to help secure the eastern mediterranean so let's continue our work to stop the russian influence both within greece and within your neighbors borders let's continue to exert pressure on the islamic republic of iran the world's largest state sponsor of terror to all that regime becomes a normal nation. let's take seriously what it cost china systemic. uphold the rule of law and build partnerships with us so that we can extract energy resources in a peaceful and coordinated way. might pump air was also asked by his greek counterparts to intervene in a dispute over offshore drilling rights with turkey u.s. secretary of state called the actions illegal and acceptable former british diplomat william mallinson gave us his view it was on the dispute almost every says public relations to make the greeks feel good and secure turkey strategically more

important than greece at the end of the day the us will always consider turkey more important than greece it's been proven by historical documents and proven by the way that cubans are allowed to invade cyprus however on the surface with good public relations and good sales obviously the members of the greek took this market has been the biggest one for us in the past the us does not want greece trying to copy turkey and order superior russian systems as well and so turkey is playing a very clever diplomatic game by balancing the forces at the moment turkey will never want to be completely under russia but he's playing a clever game. you are watching r t international and of course our news room is staying on top of all of the latest stories you can go to our website to catch those as well to watch aren't international but have with us.

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clone welcome to worlds apart the formation of a constitutional committee for syria has been billed as a sign of hope for the long suffering syrian people the people whose hopes for peace were dashed too many times over the last 8 years is there any reason to believe that these time around things will be different to discuss that i'm now joined by a. former deputy special envoy of the un secretary-general for syria mr ramsey it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you very much for inviting me now you stepped down from this post a few months ago but i'm sure emotionally and professionally you still care about what's going on in syria given the scale of suffering given the scale of divisions

how significant or insignificant is this latest development aren't we all sort of overselling the whole that is there well 1st let me say that i remain of course very much of touch as you said. emotionally involved with syria this is the 1st this is the reason why i took the job 1st with the u.n. to try to help bring about a settlement that would meet the aspirations syrian people you know coming from the region being egyptian i think you and your audience will understand that now the constitutional committee i look at it as a milestone in the very long process in bringing about a peaceful settlement peaceful and political settlement in syria. it is something that we've been working for as you know for some time i've said it before and i'll say it again i think we could.