Good evening and welcome to international. Chief u. S. Negotiator in peace talks with the taliban this to testify before Congress Amid questions over Donald Trumps decision to shut down discussions with the terror group meanwhile the taliban is the president to return to the negotiating table in an exclusive interview given to auntie. I do the. Work hard but we are still committed to the. Policy from this very minute the other side of the solution for. Peace on the table so. To. Do what we were just. After the fact that if youre going to go over. The taliban its frequent responsible for terrorist attacks across a panic afghanistan in the latest instant least for local troops who killed 3 injured when a suicide car bomber targeted a military base in southern kabul on thursday on the trombone did almost a year of the game with the taliban last sunday when they admitted to killing a u. S. Servicemen quote to strengthen their bargaining position because they have had the opportunity to speak with taliban officials and has been assessing how talks fell apart just days ago they stood on the brink of a breakthrough the beginning of the end of the afghan war then it all collapsed and it was too good to be true the talks with the taliban are dead and the taliban refused to attend talks with trump wanting a deal 1st trump killed off negotiations citing an american soldier killed by islamists in afghanistan and i put it to the taliban how do you expect trump to talk negotiate with you when you are killing his troops as you speak. The next day when mr tucker consider this a. Negotiation he mr bucket with his father is that he says he admitted that he had a good 1000. 00 well so if big dollars off us why we cannot get one out of there were 2 other so this is what he would have to different i would simply have to different people have to be fitted a lot of people of either somebody over there but really what i really want to do we have 2 different our people the way the taliban see it their defending themselves in their country fighting against a Foreign Occupation and for every american soldier they kill tens of their fighters and civilians are killed in. The us they said this isnt a war they want they say isnt a war they can win by force but they wont and cant give up the what does it cause most. American soldiers dont want to stop its not ill admit it the soldiers are going to be in washington they are never there was one of us but still we. Proposed and we were keen to bring peace and i want some through the question but unfortunately i need to which weve reached some sort of finality but it was cancelled by the american side of science and the last consideration which was which took the lives of. His or her mr dulles are out of this for the purpose they have broken to such a peace treaty and 2 terms in the bar obama started it were going to be stupid so be us rigid we want peace in afghanistan we wanted to give a serious message for the foreign troops is to go from afghanistan so if the other side also who. Is this he also wants the seat do i know what is the what is important to us we have a different course of if the if the american side is not willing to which is of him did not want peace on the do so. We compared to the front office it would have to do this for a number of years what hurt the most the taliban had negotiated told me is how close they were to a deal a cease fire the details had been worked out in the fine print sorted and approved the need for everything to collapse where there was a discussion on the debate is over when you know theyre going to decide that its to do. A ceasefire between as an American Forces and you get a city by City Government or force of the rule over and. Over into the negotiation will start. To the void which is of the the cease fire. And i couldnt see cease fire and also other those that dont think issues can be discussed as things stand talks for now over the war will go on the killing will go on with trump already boasting that hes hitting the taliban with his pavement dead in fewer we have been serving as policemen in afghanistan and that was not meant to be the job of our great soldiers the finest on earth over the last 4 days we have been hitting our enemy harder than at any time in the last 10 years until that is common sense prevails and the u. S. Goes back to what everyone in washington knows is inevitable talks negotiations with the taliban. U. S. Politicians have been arguing about the countrys role in afghanistan for years and it was a key issue in thursday nights 3rd round of democratic debates were doing right now in afghanistan is not helping the safety and security of the United States because the problems in afghanistan are not problems that can be solved by our military we have got to put an end to endless war one thing weve learned about afghanistan. From afghanistan its the best way not to be caught up in endless wars to avoid starting one in the 1st when we came to you know office to brock turned the president turned him into joe when they said we had a plan to get out he turned the whole security joel organize this get the troops home the big mistake that was may which we predicted was that you would not have a circumstance where the shia and the kurds would Work Together to keep isis from coming from moving in a huge mistake and one of the big differences between you and me i never believed what cheney and bush said about iraq you know what i hear the war in iraq. And helped lead the opposition. And its been a kind of you know how the feeling that they would be massive destabilization in that area if we went into that war. The federalists clashed over several issues but recently theres been one topic theyve mostly agreed on and that supposition to fracking with some even calling for a complete ban on this process involves drilling deep into the ground see because an oil oil and natural gas critics claim is dangerous and even bad for the environment taught us democrats share those fears to get them open explains. The usa is now the worlds top Oil Exporting Country check out these words from the International Energy agency booming shale production has allowed the u. S. To close in on and briefly overtake saudi arabia as the worlds top oil exporter President Trump says that this is a huge achievement hes ready to celebrate success becoming more and more energy dominant i dont want to be energy free we want to be an engine dominant in terms of the world but not everyone shares Donald TrumpsEnergy Market enthusiasm in fact most of the people who want to run against him in the 2020 alexion want to outlaw the practice of hydraulic fracking thats the reason the usa has so much oil and gas any proposal to avert the Climate Crisis must include a full fracking ban on public and private lands. On my 1st day as president i will sign an executive order that puts a total moreau tarm on own you fossil fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands and i will ban fracking everywhere its not just the left progressives youve got the centrist kemal the harris theres no question im in favor of banning fracking so at this point roughly 59 percent of americas oil is extracted from the shale so if you outlawed the practice of hydraulic fracking you would knock down the oil sector of the u. S. Economy pretty hard the same for natural gas now check out this headline. Kremlin kemal or harris and other democrats are embracing Vladimir Putins preferred u. S. Energy policy the new Conspiracy Theory even went viral on twitter many in fracking and use of natural gas would do more damage to america and make let him open heavier than anything donald trump has ever said or done so good job democrats your being pro russia pro putin and broke by wanting to ban natural gas of course the senator isnt the only 2020 democrat calling for this from russia with love ban on fracking the most reliable of k. G. B. Useful idiots Bernie Sanders is even clearer that this notion that opposition to hydraulic fracking is all a big plot from moscow is nothing new in fact weve even heard it from the halls of the u. S. Congress we have seen evidence of campaigns targeting. An energy as 2 to. Industries of interest to foreign powers on energy weve seen anti fracking narratives so it seems like nowadays the only way to really play it safe in american politics is to find out what the why were putting once and do the exact opposite so lets hope that the russian president doesnt talk about say fixing up americas crumbling roads and bridges or addressing the opioid epidemic. R. T. New york. In the u. K. A classic childrens t. V. Character has been criticised for failing to keep up with modern equality standards farm and some has been axed for his role as a mascot for a local brigade. Said that he could discourage women from joining. His friends more than ever. On the phone to the rescue team managed to save the day. First 987. 00 as an animation about firefighters in a small welsh village says hes been widely used to promote safety and services across the u. K. But now it seems his time is up in some areas at least explain. Generations of kids may have grown up with him but legendary childrens t. V. Show character fireman sam needs to get with the times thats according to the lincolnshire fire and rescue service for years he was their mascot helping to recruit new fina fighters bots now lincolnshire fire and rescue service say that fineman sound is outdated and noninclusive and hes putting off potential female recruit firefighters nationally and residents locally have raised some concerns that firemen some doesnt reflect the fire Service Today in terms of both the job itself and our workforce its important to us that our open days and Community Events dont think anyone feel excluded and therefore we took this decision lincolnshire as chief fire officer. Fired fireman sam has been getting roasted for it duration does a great job for you as a one writing life as a one to write this new years eve not acting like you should do is to far yourself and it is a leaf im a sahm alone this isnt the 1st time that fireman sam has been in hot water many argue that while the show is politically correct and features plenty of female characters it should be renamed to firefighter sound oh no i think you got it right i think its just somebody taking it to the fore and stickery really enough and come quite happy with what it is he is the epitome of straight. To my mind. May not be terribly appealing to people who want to be. Firemen however if youre to be a farmer you should want to know. Why didnt you just stick to the basics and enjoy and get back to the basics so we might have a nicer place to live. Very very happy to have him renamed firefighters and 1st to then become a non gender specific person. Why not some sort of gender specific name thats true. Yes. Yes exactly exactly they could be put in there you know rubbish it could be just do. It was just a childrens current. And another british cartoon icon peppa pig was recently but rated by none other then the london fire brigade whose head is by the way a woman for featuring an episode where mommy pig pretended to be a fire man and not a fire fighter mummy pig is dressed as a fireman on a. Dress like. Im going to the mummys fire engine practice come on peppa pig weve not been firemen for 30 years you have a huge influence on kids and using out of date stereotypical gender specific wording prevents young girls from becoming firefighters join our Fire Fighting sexism Campaign Women make up just 5. 2 percent of firefighters in england and with that in mind lincolnshire fire and rescue service have come up with 3 original new characters to help attract more diverse recruits that anthropomorphise sized fire extinguishes freddy filled butt and penelope be commissioner has lashed out at an initiative from his successor regarding migration with the details his donald court. Dunker might be on his way out as he used Commission President but that hasnt stopped him from giving his 0. 02 on issues of migration one of his latest statements assured the continent that migration is not a threat to europes way of life. To oppose the european way of life to migration you have to respect. Independently from the independent from the. Younger was responding to his successor ursule of on their lay and her initiative to make several government titles of positions more creative and a bit less formal now the most controversial of which was the Vice President for the protection of the european way of life and this this position was intended to address how migration affected life on the continent the european way of life is built around Solidarity Peace of mind and security we must address and they legitimate fears and concerns about the impact of irregular migration on our economy and society younger might have come out publicly in opposition to their lns initiative to rename these government positions but in the e. U. Parliament there are larger divisions at play some are saying that this is helping the right wing might even amount to fascism while others are saying whats the big deal and the wide European Commission claiming to protect our european way of life is a far cry from the idea of unity in diversity on which this union is built when we talk about the european way of life what were talking about is asylum and integration the european way of life is about those coming from war from hunger from Climate Change and integrating all those who want to come and live with us now this row is only one part of europes larger migration situation especially because 1st arrival countries like italy and greece are finding it increasingly difficult to stem the tide of illegal migration on to the continent while from. Far countries like germany are only pressuring them to handle the situation better. Than 4000. 00 people have been arrested in didnt administered kashmir since new delhi revoked his special status last month thats according to local authorities the massive tensions come amid ongoing clashes between the local population and Indian Security forces more than half of those arrested have been released hundreds of local politicians and pro separatist activists remain behind bars india says its committed to establishing full Constitutional Order in kashmir and accuses pakistan of stirring up unrest my government is taking affirmative actions by adopting progressive policies to promote social economic equality and justice these progressive policies will now be fully applicable to our citizens in general in kashmir and no doubt these are some good decisions entirely internal to india no country can accept interference in its internal affairs certainly not india. Pakistan needs to stop interfering in indias affairs it needs to stop exporting to india the minute that stops normalcy the problem today has been created because of pakistans qualities of a 1000 cuts to be honest and is acknowledged the world or the global. Pakistan needs to back off all the Indian States are not the only issue that happens isnt needed to pakistan is the immediate need we trouble that the minute pakistan is out of that problem and stop. With the pakistani Prime Minister iran can to discuss the situation in kashmir. What weve. Is that. This is governed b. G. P. Government is now going to use force. We fear that there will be oppression unprecedented already as i said 370200000 kashmiris have been killed but what they are going to do now we faired that this is out of our genocide why are they why have the clampdown on media day dont allow any media to get in there nothing is coming out of what is happening in the time theyve imposed this curfew and these extra. Security personnel there they did not even allow the leaders of the opposition parties to visit the dinner allow them there so what are they trying to hide. Sadly i would have expected the world to react much more than it has. And you can watch that interview with him and cart in full right here on r. T. International later today. Quick look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. Students are clashed with riot police on the colombian capital budgets are demonstrators pelted stones at officers who responded with tear gas and sent in Armored Vehicles the rally was held in response to allegations of Police Brutality on a University Campus a student had reportedly been shot and dozens began up. In south america thousands rallied in the square outsides congress in the argentine capital benazir is demanding more food aid the shortage is seen across the country a bill to increase spending on food aid will be read by the upper house later on friday tinas been in the grip of double digit inflation for months. Also environmental activists have staged a protest around the frankfurt motor show in germany Extinction Rebellion activists scientists and members of the fridays the future be didnt join forces in a march towards the venue the protesters are demanding better public transport and the people the use of their Cars International motor show began thursday the merkel was in attendance and announced the target of a 40 percent cut in Carbon Emissions by the year 2030. In wales a small cafes push to drum up business using online ad says bank fight after google banned them for the suppose it use of a homophobic slur the word in question also happens to be the name of a traditional dish the cafe owners have expressed surprise that googles decision. I think that faggots and peas and chips and then you leave here is a traditional meal i didnt make the name and at the end of the days a traditional dish you cant change it there was nothing meant by what we were doing is just describing the actual menu item i dont know did the list of words or list was a google of banned and the word faggot is actually in the list with many others as far as policing woods ive. It where does it stop or where does it end especially for businesses because theres not this many other words which are can be deemed offensive the dish at the center of the scandal is traditional in the United Kingdom and consists of meatballs mixed with bread and herbs. The google algorithms flagged up the cafes out as inappropriate and offensive content we asked visit is the cafe what they thought of the back. Of the user but i think its ridiculous because. If youre going to take it down here you have to take you know all the countries. Well see tell me you know back in. Through here you need ball in these all to see you can get them all of the country. I can see any tags. You get on education. French president among immigrants face the backlash after he banked his close ally the speaker of parliament richard fair and after he was charged with corruption found denies all allegations against him is accused of arranging an improper property deal with his partner back in 2011 and the allegations surfaced 2 years ago he resigned as minister for Regional Development but the case was dropped after 3 months and he was appointed speaker now those been reopened after an anticorruption group refile its original complaint in a different jurisdiction despite that they stand for and is staying put. President. Clinton to president retains his confidence in him because hes a loyal man who has had an exemplary political career back talking about let me say that i want to leave to ryszard for iran but the real friendship i have for him the support i have for him is total along with the confidence in his ability to prove his innocence a petition demanding for uns resignations that attracted almost 30000. 00 signatures for the 1st time there are no microns faced flak for backing his allies when they fell foul of the law previously his chief of staff and bodyguard alexander banal it was caught on camera beating a protester while of 2 to spark my phone supports an investigation found guilty and he was dismissed says the t. V. Channel r. T. Friends spoke to lawmakers in the French Parliament who were also angry at my translation decision. On the me on these that i think that when you are charged you need to leave your high position and give it to another person plus he will defend himself and if he is acquitted he will return to his position as other ministers have there has been such a situation with many ministers this is absolutely normal this is a good compromise once again they should be no early conviction so low in community said to create its a matter of trust thats be lost and again the head of the National Assembly is not the last character of the country this is the head of the National Assembly and we are not obliged in any case to clarify what were talking about france because only we have the National Assembly which bears this nadir this is one of the oldest revolutionary inspirational gatherings and the head of this meeting is being detained because his negative feelings. Ok this is r. T. International appreciate you company are back with updates for you in half an hour. Join me every thursday on the alex so im unsure when ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business im showbiz most. Thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the countrys military and the decision lotos sheltered lives every song came to a complete. The day that i was ready to be instructed he told me you know told to shut up but theyd kill me and i see how destroyed my life any screamed at me and he made me come in the gram my arm and he write me with his birth think if you take into account that women dont report because of the extreme retaliation its probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing thing tat happen but ive never seen trauma like ive seen from women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished and be offended and almost 10 year career which i was very invested in and i gave a sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of tower and violence male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether thats a man or woman. And the big pain here and systems across started 10 years i think its time to shake things up maybe change the branding maybe the former heres what ive been thinking about next season related episodes filmed on an island 10 experts fight it out for a trophy what do you think ok a more affordable option 25. 00 text birds. And one red rose another suggestion geopolitical jeopardy parity no political cookout where we will literally wrote the elites. Late night show its a rare format piece face and its chief all you need is an old microphone in a printed banner but actually we want i guess i can do this campbell after politics gone wild like music. Ok crosstalk is not about hype its about meaning 10 years of talk and still going strong. Peter if you want to change something why dont we get rid of the bow tie you know that is still. On may 3rd of 2000. The ambassador of switzerland to turn around delivers a letter from iran to the United States. In that letter the iranians essentially offer negotiations to open up the Nuclear Program for full transparency. The proposal came in i happened to see its because it was also given to a member of congress that i worked for at the time. He sent it over to the white house and called rove. Call rove called back he said that he found the proposal intriguing he wanted to know if it was genuine were a promise to put it in front of the president i would call karl rove a dear friend. Ive seen a man of far sighted courage put america on a war footing. And protect us against a brutal enemy in a dangerous conflict that will shape this new century and no formal response was given to the iranians at all im grateful to have been witness to history. And the argument was that whatever could come out of a negotiation with the iranians. Even more could be achieved by simply removing the regime in iraq. In a way to sum up the argument however a principle in the Bush Administration said