Launches a new Payment System to bypass american sanctions against iran in a bid to say to save the 2050 nuclear deal. Hello welcome to the weekly here on r. T. International live from moscow and Daniel Hawkins thanks for tuning in. Donald trump has made history last sunday he became the 1st sitting u. S. President to enter north korea he took the momentous step while meeting with its leader kim jong un for talks apparently proposed just a day earlier the pair shook hands in the Demilitarized Zone thats a buffer area between the 2 koreas before crossing the demarcation line together and then spent the best part of an hour holding talks. Said he was surprised that the american president suggestion to get together was initially made on social media he added that he believed the meeting was important. Mr trump for his part said he was delighted to have crossed into law suits my honor. Really expected. To 20 we came. Over here. And we got to. Step. Out of. President trump has just walked across the demarcation line that made him the 1st us president to visit our country i believe just looking at this action this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate the unfortunate past and open a new future. To break down the implications of the meeting our senior correspondent. Said to himself the speed is no longer for the essence but theyre now talking about progress rather than speed so in that vein theyve now come up with working groups negotiation groups from the north korea from the United States they can get together and they try to find common areas where the they agree theyre going to start meeting in 2 or 3 weeks so well see if progress comes from that but of course sanctions sanctions are the thing that really never that theyre saying on memory or something and look im looking forward to taking what i dont like sanctions putting on his country im looking forward but the sanctions remain useful but at some point during the negotiation things can happen and thats what well be talking about it is exactly because of sanctions that the last meeting between the 2 leaders north Korean Leader and trump that it came to nothing talks ended 2 hours early and afterwards this is politically quite depressing because there was completely nothing that came out of that. As for north korea they have got the coup of getting a sitting u. S. President on to their land the 1st ever time what else what do they want to hear well donald trump said the North Koreans want the sanctions to be lifted the completely and he said that theres theres no way that that is going to happen and now the north Korean ForeignForeign Affairs minister came out and said no we are asked that we asked for sanctions to be lifted partially and that the United States demanded something extra. To denuclearization to to go ahead and begin lifting sanctions which he said is unacceptable this is a manifestation of the most extreme hostile acts by the United States all these speak clearly to the fact that the world dream of the United States to bring us to our knees by means of sanctions and pressure has not changed at all but grows even more undisguised the u. S. Senate and thursday passed a bill that would allow for the strengthening of sanctions with the with regards to north korea soon so you know there is a trust issues well sanctions is the issue that this is the overriding theme is that is there any sense do we have an idea when they may be left or otherwise theyre looking for concrete details concrete achievements before they begin lifting sanctions and they want them verified but again its going to take time to denuclearization efforts progress to be put in place and then verified by the United States will then take that but as i said trust big issue we dont expect. To of the truth thats where were going to verify any denuclearization that takes place thats why we will ensure that we see actual on the ground on the ground outcomes were not going to take anyones word for it this is going to take time and a lot of effort and they need to keep talking political commentator and journalist john white thinks a significant step has been made of trust issues between washington and pyongyang would be hard to overcome. And i think what you see now as politics of gesture rather than substance the North Koreans will be mindful of the really the believe they were trapped after a single fortunately began to dismantle some of your text Nuclear Testing facilities in the south Testing Facilities or the trainers that it would be a quick pull running out of the from the americans in the form of the lifting of some of the sanctions North Koreans want thrown into their course and that was not the case in the tank sanctions will actually take them to do something North Koreans can afford to trust these gestures politics as before let me talk to some of those forces in singapore and just mention the treaty and 2nd in vietnam me earlier this year and out of these summits and come to think of come up to ground 0 thus far so the North Koreans will be mindful of that loss will be mindful on the way the level of the americans are are going after they are really into leaders been advocating regime change and actively often really agitated towards the g. Regime change in venezuela and well actually youre conscious of the ilk of john bolton and Michael Vikram and positions in the train for an illustration trust is the key issue. The primacy efforts coming to the fore this week moscow and washington also edging towards better relations that as president putin and trump agree to hold control talks as they go out of the g 20 summit which wrapped up on saturday in japan you know but franco was in a saga for us he talk us through that the other Big Development as well. You may like it or not but the 20 year round table isnt the biggest summit attention grabber the reality is that everyone is keen to know what happens at the socalled buy a last and the one that the media was hungry for the most happened on friday the face to face between donald trump and Vladimir Putins one and a half hours behind closed doors or wait the journalists were there just for a little bit at the very beginning not to the delight of mr trump. And to a cleese trying to make american journalists leave him alone on one particular matter donald trump said this. Was. Going to bring a whole lot of. Soon after time after time the president s kept repeating how happy they war with how they got along the meeting was good and business we discussed a whole area of issues which are of interest to russia and the United States we spoke about their economic relations russia sees the american businesses that are interested in developing better relations with russia we had a discussion we had a great actually we had a great discussion president putin most of it was really a tremendous discussion i can see trade going out with russia we could do fantastically well we do very little trade with russia which is ridiculous frankly so from now on the top diplomats of russia and america will be working together on a new framework for global arms control plus the administrations ago. To join afterwards to boost mutual train and donald trump is considering coming to moscow in may next year he was invited there for the victory Day Celebrations another leader who got an invitation by the kremlin was emanuel macron and we found out here and saw mr mccall and wont have a problem with saying hello when he comes to russia. So as you can see great vibes that that late night meeting to like when putin was with you case to resume a for the 1st time in 3 years london is said to remain and cold war mode with moscow the good news though is those who were in panic mode because of us china trade wars can breathe with relief for now were going to continue the negotiation we agreed that i would not be putting tariffs on the 325000000000. 00 that i would have the ability to put it on if i wanted i have a tremendous relationship with president nobody else would have the deal that we were getting tens of billions of dollars from china coming in and deed donald trump xi Jinping Bilad work its magic no new import tariffs for the time being and further talks to try and and the trade wars all together now everyone who is really making this planet spin angle maracle Shinzo Abi Mohamed bin. And aired on who by the way heard for the 1st time from donald trump that washington wasnt treating fairly sometimes got their fair share of headline making and we as journalists got. You know theres quite a few amusing moments here in all sarka. The European Union has launched a new Payment System aimed at helping its firms bypass u. S. Sanctions on iran brussels is at odds with washington after the u. S. You know thats really ditched the 2015 landmark Nuclear Accord and reintroduced strict trade restrictions the sanctions busting tall its called the european financial settlement in mechanism otherwise known as. Washingtons threaten to sanction any country that buys oil from iran to iran responded by saying it will increase production of low enriched uranium to near weapons grade levels if its not guarded from the u. S. Sanctions on Americas Campaign of maximum pressure on to iran doesnt. Irans foreign minister has accused all trump of violating International Law with his threats to obliterate the country President Trump should remember that we dont. Do is the United Nations tried to force. On tuesday mr trump threatened iran with obliteration if iran attacks anything american when asked about the possibility of a war with a country that it would be a quick affair but added he doesnt seek conflict. On friday the u. S. Sent more stealth fighters to the persian gulf increasing its military deployment there the president of iraq though was among those the speak out against that he warned the u. S. Wont be allowed to use his nation to launch any kind of military action against neighboring states the american troops the Coalition Troops in iraq again at the invitation of the Iraqi Government for the specific exclusive mission of fighting isis we do not want to be a staging post foot any hostile action against any of our neighbors including iran and the u. S. Secretary of state says it wont be down to anything the United States has done if a conflict does break out. Americas done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict if there is war if there is a connecticut came and it will because the iranians made that choice of course europeans have their own grievances when it comes to donald trump and nato but the when it comes to iran they share some of these concerns or alleged concerns with regard to Irans Nuclear industry missile in this Regional Power and so on so forth it is widely believed the europeans are not going to take action and they just want iran to continue providing you know playing this role in complying with us on the takings in a win lose game on their didnt clear deal you know the nuclear deal was to be a win win game but what we see now is this 0 sum game with iran paying the costs europeans and americans you know living their merits and iran believes that it should either be a win win or a lose lose game therefore if you are all do not rush to provide one with some hope i believe busy eventually. They will have you no problem in their ties with iran. And Washing Powder advert sparks outrage in pakistan by challenging traditional values and prompting now from gender equality well have more on that story after this short break. What politicians do you should. Put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. So when you want to express interest. Want to be rich. But you want to be crooks thats what we have for freedom or cant be good. Im interested always in the water. There should. Be a reason that they have not attack iran so far its not that they didnt want but i would say that they couldnt do it as the thinking of a short and quick war with iran but i would say that that would not be the case tom said that if they wanted to they would have killed about 150. 00 people in the rain inside but the question comes to me is that americans a time a country in the past by Nuclear Bombs do they really care about killing 150 people. Welcome back to the program of Washing Powder advice has triggered a gender equality row in pakistan after consumer goods drawn procter and gamble opted to show women taking on traditionally male roles. Not thinking. Theyd vote just one times drummed up plenty of response on social media with some people even calling on authorities to take action against the brand. Boy could ariel were muslim and we love our culture or religion and no rituals the government should take strict action against ariel brand i miss my request to all my dear pakistanis that please boycott ariel as soon as possible because religion comes 1st and this is our responsibility to protect our religion boycott areal Prime Minister of pakistan we want ariel cloth washing detergents banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media we asked a number of social commentators whether the sergeant was correct in pushing the boundaries of religious and cultural norms in pakistan. I dont think its a big u. S. Companies job to insert themselves into pakistani culture or if it was women speaking up against their own culture that would be one thing but i feel that its very wrong for a western company to come in and insert themselves in a culture that maybe isnt adapted the same way that American Culture has and a lot of these women it has been their position and their desire to see a change within their country their desire has been for women to have more rights to you know education to Financial StabilityFinancial Empowerment thats come from within the culture so for these women to be on the commercial simply gives them a platform to add enhanced their voice that theyve already been using this kirshner may set back that agenda this commercial may set back that initiative for these women this commercial may create children are you married at the age of would it be a gala can it be i understand how much how were not sure brady and i are getting to know marilyn company in jail getting them and are willing to you know why why you came saying how i see any women i think theyre really pushing the envelope when theyre dealing with sharia law and just like i dont want sharia law to come here to america and take over my western American Values i dont necessarily think i think its very confrontational to go into a country that does have sharia and insert western values there has never in the history im just curious if youre going to acknowledge that any type of knowledge that without women in america who are willing to speak youre not going to acknowledge if we were in america in the 1928 if it were not about women sitting up there is not america up against not america if we were in america at its peak you would tell that it is and not to marilyn to speak up against slavery because it would put people at risk of being lynched. Un special rapporteur on torture has once more to do is concerns over the character. Julian assange this week you cues the media of norrin the alleged Inhumane Treatment of the wiki leaks founder by refusing to publish an article he wrote about his findings. Argues that Julian Assange is has been slandered to divert attention from the wiki leaks the revelations that wiki leaks helped expose you also says the whistleblower has been deprived of his fundamental rights and suffered fully fledged psychological torture during the time in his ecuador in the door an embassy in london mr meltzer told us why he thought many Media Outlets had refused to publish his article some of them said it wasnt high enough under news agenda some of them said bad it was not within their core area of interest but you know there have been reporting all of them on the case of Julian Assange when it was about his character and his skateboard and kind of the allegations that you smeared excrement on the walls but when you have very serious piece that actually tries to damascus. This public narrative to actually show the facts below it then the modern troops that. Are just currently serving a 50 week sentence in the u. K. For skipping bail back in 2012 is also expected to face a u. S. Extradition hearing in february next year. Last month mr meltzer highlighted a sign just prison conditions as a major concern the whistleblower was said to show an alarming deterioration in his mental and physical state u. K. Responded by saying meltzer was wrong to interfere and should leave it to the british courts to make their judgments is meltzer again on his visit to a science and on the condition he saw. I knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visited Julian Assange i didnt know him before so i took with me 2 experienced medical experts a psychiatry and a forensic expert and have worked for decades in examining torture victims just to go to the objective scientific and medical basis for my assessment and what they found is a person who shows all the symptoms that are typical for a person who has been exposed to prolonged psychological torture he has been exposed to public mobbing now thats a slippery slope you know were going to be in a debate when its 2 sided then more being basically Something Like mudslinging thats not torture yet but when you start exposing a isolated individual who cannot defend himself to a sustained campaign of shaming of humiliation or ridicule of even Death Threats and calls for his assassination and hes completely isolated then that can cause severe psychological trauma the news media listed by nelson gets a response a request for comment from r. T. But meanwhile if you want to read the article for yourself over to r. T. Dot com youll find the full material that. Worlds apart is up next were back at the top of the hour with the top rundown of the week stories see them. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing Dramatic Development only personally im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. With the lawmakers manufacture consent to still public wealth. When the ruling classes protect themselves. When the final merry go round be the one percent. Time we can all middle of the room sit. In the real news room. 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There was a real sense of hopefulness there isnt today todays america was shaped by the turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. Reduced democracy attack solo duo engineer elections manufacture consent and other principle holds according to. One set of rules for the rich. Thats what happens when you put her into the. Narrow sector of will switch which is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as youd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. Oh and welcome to well the part of the us a rainy and transitions have all become a staple of the middle if politics that break as usual with verbal assaults and seasoned sanctions but the latest round of altercations also brought in something new mysterious assaults on oil tankers in the gulf of oman and most recently called the strikes on 3. Reining in targets somebody is clearly playing with fire in this already smoldering region but what for people to discuss that im now joined by. Iranian journalist and political analyst mr good to talk to you thank you very much for coming over into our studio is good to be with you now compared to last week it looks like the world has avoided a major escalation between washington and tehran President Trump proudly called off a strike on iranian facilities against the counsel of most of his security advisers who have been told arent you glad there is such a cautious and daal vish president in the white house. You know i think the reason that they have now the so far is not that they didnt want but i would say that they couldnt because they cannot predict what would happen in the aftermath of such a military conflict with the wrong thinking of a short and quick war with iran but i would say that that would not be the case and lots of things can happen the wrong can close the strait of hormuz this can be traced to other parts of the region including the gulf of other than. Its proxy forces its missile capacity it has Cyber Attacks as well as different tools like resuming the. Capacity or potential that the country has but. I would say the americans if they could if they could they would have targeted iran and the rain and sides didnt because they couldnt lets talk about this suppose it a promise for this council to attack it was the iranian taking down of an American Navy drone which at least according to the russian intelligence happened within the rainy and air space if thats indeed the case down iran had. So for the right to do what it wanted to do. Dont you think that that might have been the reason that spoke trump that they suppose it causes bally for the strike is so weak this is something according to the reports been hearing from american me that they said that they refrained to do so because they thought they felt that they thought that it happened in inside the iranian airspace iran clearly and transparently announced that because the drone interred into iran in the airspace they target that they wanted to send a warning to the United States by saying that if they aggressive in the territory they will target that trump said that if they wanted to attack they would have killed about 150. 00 people in the rain inside but the question comes to me is that americans attack a country in the past by Nuclear Bombs do they really care about killing 150 people in the world and maybe they do because donald trump is a very unusual president you can be very critical about him but he has. I think he has his redeeming qualities at least and what i found very interesting is that he made this his decision as i said against the counsel of most of his security advisers and we are talking not about only john bolton who is always ready to you know bomb any country he sees but also you know his last hawkish advisers and one thing that i was kind of wondering about because its clearly not trying to sound that drone into the iranian air space do you think that it was just the routing missed