thought as i know moscow is looking for ways to improve relations with the u.s. and to cooperate whenever it's possible for example in syria and on counterterrorism so i don't think of the moscow will release heaven and no other round town surreal ations with the west just to make some strange to achieve some strange goals in afghanistan isis could be commuted nobody understands what what will these kind of behavior i mean providing bounties to taliban fighters what will it bring to you to russia what kind of benefits well it is time to find out from afghanistan we have a halo 'd here is the foma. afghanistan to islamabad welcome to the show now it's an interesting question isn't it. afghan governments have been negotiating now with the taliban for a long time those negotiations are going very slowly the taliban have been emboldened because they do have a lead support from pakistan for example and now these allegations that they may have had support from russia as well has this emboldened the taliban and do you believe the reports of russian support to the taliba

honesty in moscow. you've been not dismissive of this but you said that this is britain trying to flex its muscles and and therefore russia is taking it that way but what happens if other countries sign up to the magnitsky act if they try and do their own versions of that surely then that becomes a worry for russia. in fact there were attempts by the european union to introduce its a version of the magnitsky act so it could be expected to game. because. now we're even in the sanctions war we see that the united states introduced more and more sanctions debate against china sold. i'm pretty sure that it will be received calmly but it will force russia to work out some symmetric measures which is not in russia's interest in fact because well are currently facing cruelty to corunna crises and so on it is better for countries to unite other than to find ways to introduce aneurin heuristic sions especially given the fact that they are ryssdal fun used to magnitsky was not disputed even by the european court

i see you you say can you head there and some of the comments dimitri beveridge made in moscow. do you believe that this that russia has a case to answer for. listen just because an investigation wasn't conducted in the united kingdom does not mean that there is not evidence of russian interference not only in the united kingdom but across central and eastern europe for the past decade plus and here in the united states we know for instance thanks to the advertisements released by house democrats in may of 2018 relating to the us election that some of those advertisements purchased by the internet research agency headed up by all of our privilege and then in russia were targeting the united kingdom with anti immigration messages before the brags that referendum there is open source evidence of this interference and the fact that mr bobbitt is suggesting that just because an investigation did not happen which you know the report is damning in its conclusions regarding that that doesn't mean there is an evidence for this long term interference you know i've looked at this interfer

made in moscow. do you believe that this that russia has a case to answer for. listen just because an investigation wasn't conducted in the united kingdom does not mean that there is not evidence of russian interference not only in the united kingdom but across central and eastern europe for the past decade plus and here in the united states we know for instance thanks to the advertisements released by house democrats in may of 2018 relating to the u.s. election that some of those advertisements purchased by the internet research agency headed up by all the garcon privilege in the in russia were targeting the united kingdom with anti immigration messages before the brags that referendum there is open source evidence of this interference and the fact that mr bobbitt is suggesting that just because an investigation did not happen which you know the report is damning in its conclusions regarding that that doesn't mean there is an evidence for this long term interference you know i've looked at this interference across again central eastern europe in a stone in 2007

moscow denies those allegations. and again i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the british woman who went to syria to join eisele when she was a schoolgirl wins the right to return and challenge the removal of a citizen's. azerbaijan's foreign minister is sacked as fighting continues on the balance our border with all media. they come specifically for the official you know carville. feasting and cantars water is why it's the perfect time for the seas gentle giants. now the british government is blaming hackers associated with russia's intelligence agency of targeting corona virus vaccine research as well as its democratic process now britain the united states and canada all say russian actors have attempted to steal information on private 1000 vaccine research in all 3 countries canada spy agency has warned health organizations to take action to protect themselves from hackers or britain also says russia attempted to interfere and last year's general election by publicizing leaks documen

s either relations nato and transatlantic security cooperation and in moscow the silly question from the russian international affairs council a warm welcome to you all i want to begin in washington d.c. with you mark fitzpatrick there's really 2 things going on here one it seems to be the alleged russian violations of this treaty but certainly for the u.s. the biggest thing seems to be part of donald trump's plan to pull out those many international agreements as possible the most famous ones include the iran nuclear deal now after which he renegotiated so is this just yet another treaty he just doesn't want to be part of because he feels the u.s. needs to go it alone. yes that's basically it the russian violations are clear but they're not that big of a deal they've been dealt with the united states took reciprocal action so that's not the precipitating factor in this is just part of an overall agenda to. withdraw the united states from agreements that are seen to bind u.s. hands it's it's you can might call it the ghost of john bolton who disliked all arms control agreements and o

meant to me live who was acting as a go between for moscow. russia anywhere from new or refer to proposed interest from risky version of crème one person here reported your memory of his authority from which they were personal regarding their. nick with your storms here for sure that emerges. in mid march to me live was us to receive a call from my little group of you run. for a better way to live one spiritual. you know. when you look at it sped sort of going to use and i should talk with them simian is just the bottom of the sheet their community gives around the world of the. brotherhood them citizens goodness they're on you know 0 but i was at the little. round order of things and it can be of interest. when you discover the. card where it. comes to grams can do better in person because in your groom a crescent. there up to the door is there it is in the hood of the herschel marshal in order to refute a richard really serious case russian theatre. not only did put in have no intention of taking his troops out of crimea he had another insu

victor all of it true is the leading expert at the center for actual politics the moscow based think tank he says the countries haven't presented specific evidence of russian involvement of course those reports are not being verified by any there act solid evidence provided in the court of public opinion so the british. security services are making a statement about that but of the same time they're not providing current evidence that would boost their case both domestically in britain and internationally and that is quiet expected and logical that moscow denies any involvement then that now in the past few years as you know russia has been accused of meddling in the number of elections both in the united states you know the 1016 presidential election and. elections in europe and other regions of the world russia has consistently denied taking a new partner meddling in those elections at the same time moscow has offered to hold the talks on cyber security here and talks on not meddling in each other's internal affairs now the united states the american government cares if used to mak

nimitz belarus and president alexander lukashenko has accused the men of being mercenaries sent by moscow to incite riots to be investigated for working with lucian because critics jailed opposition politician mykola started and blog surrogates because all city have been named in the case but iris has been one of russia's most reliable allies since the fall of the soviet union relations have strained in recent years moscow wants but a ruse to implement the union agreement signed in 1909 they were create a single currency single constitution and parliament and court system between them but president lukashenko blames moscow for domestic discontent and has accused it of plotting to overthrow him humala relations with the west have improved in february much pompei became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit minsk since the early 1990 s. after that washington appointed its 1st ambassador in over a decade and then in may better resoldered oil from the u.s. for the 1st time after failing to agree a price to buy it from russia or right at the piña is a fellow at the russia and eurasia progr

have accused russia of launching an anti satellite weapon in space they say moscow fired a projectile last week in a move that poses a potential threat to peaceful activity in space moscow's defense ministry says it was part of an operation to inspect its. 5 west african heads of states who gathered in mali's capital have failed to reach a deal to end that country's deepening political crisis weeks of protest now calling for the resignation of president abraham back a case of threatening to destabilize the whole region bolivia has postponed september's general election by more than a month due to the rapid rise in corona virus infections that that voters has seen as an important step in restoring stability after a year of political turmoil well those are the headlines to join me for more news here on al-jazeera after people and power stay with us as protests rage over police brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and sell their brand of politics to americans bef

space command says moscow fired a weapon like projectile in july the 15th in a move that puts assets from other countries at risk britain's space directorate chief accused russia of jeopardizing peaceful activity in space moscow's the defense ministry says the event involved a small space for kill inspecting one of its satellites or stocks in the u.s. department of justice and homeland security say they will investigate the use of force by federal agents during recent protests this comes after some congress members accused troops of improperly detaining and transporting anti racism demonstrators in portland and in washington d.c. the police killing of unarmed black man george floyd in may triggered an ongoing wave of protests against systemic racism and police brutality across the united states. so later on al-jazeera shortages of medicine and student pakistan as people run low on money to fight $19.00. chemical leak in russia large scale environmental. elo that hate across the northeast united states beginning to break down and this is why the cloud with the rain some cooler air and

is released from prison the businessman turned politician was arrested on july the 9th and flown to moscow he is accused in the murder of business right last 15 years ago charges he denounced. this city in russia's far east near the border with china is more than fiction. 1000 kilometers from moscow but now it's turned into an unexpected hub of anti-government protests was. was because people often i think people are marching out on the streets because they vote to elect the governor in the 2018 election has been taken away for gold supporters say the accusations are politically motivated out of a yellow russia we've had enough we elected the governor we want to be heard and decide a selves what to do with him bring him here for a fair and open trial and we'll decide whether to convict him or not so each year. putin officially fired for go on monday and appointed over placement fueling further mistrust in the region the president's united russia party isn't popular here the protests reflect anger of what many see as out of touch politicians imposing policies from moscow. the timing of the

he lied about his contacts with moscow and the russian embassy and washington. the press reveals it and trump has to retreat mike flynn is a fine person and i asked for his resignation he respectfully gave it flynn is the 1st victim of the battle of washington but firing flint is not enough the question remains what are the relations between trump and moscow did she knowingly cooperate with a hostile foreign power to take over the leadership of the united states. for many months to come finding the truth will test the pillars of the american political system the independence of justice of the freedom of the press and the rule of law. under pressure from the press and from the democrats congress gets involved. in congress before the 2018 midterm elections the republicans promise party are the majority and the democrats are the opposition but on some crucial issues it's a tradition for the 2 parties to work together this is the spirit of bipartisanship . it's just. since keeping the american people safe and maintaining a such a strong homeland of national security

moscow denies the allegations the british woman who went to syria to join eisele when she was a schoolgirl with the right to return and challenge the removal of her citizenship . azerbaijan's foreign minister sachs as fighting continues on the volatile border with armenia. come specifically for the fish. and feasting and cattles waters why it's the perfect home to the seas gentle giants. and it's for real madrid are on the brink of winning the spanish league title a win against the rio will ensure the championship for a record $34.00. now the british government is blaming hackers associated with russia's intelligence agency of targeting corona virus vaccine research as well as its democratic processes while britain the united states and canada all say russian activists have attempted to steal information on covert 1000 vaccine research in all 3 countries canada spy agency has warned health organizations to take action to protect themselves from hackers or britain also says that. russia attempted to interfere in last year's general election by publicizing leaked documents related to a plann

and military analyst and is a columnist from for novi i guess it's and he's joining us on skype from moscow thank you very much indeed for giving us your time 1st of all with regards to this meeting on the treaty are we expecting any decisions or any directions from this. well this is some of the finality in the treaty itself there is a cause that people as some state decides to abrogate as the mccombs decide that they should be in the months time a conference of the other members of the treaty to decide what to do moscow has officially said that they don't expect any breakthroughs but the same than russia kind of wants to mobilize either countries across the well european countries through or not you were a bit on the trump decision and they won this kind of see how much moscow can actually turn other european allies of the united states against the united states in this particular issue but maybe and others too and this also moscow says it wants to do some kind of cost to be put in a sense that the united states ashura to eads on the ground but plenty to. test being this is decided in was

politics it says the government failed to take action even after evidence a merger of moscow trying to influence the 2014 scottish independence referendum the authors say it's hard to prove the kremlin meddled in the later breck's it referendum but the u.k. was slow to recognize the threat and the report warns that russia's cyber capability poses what it calls an immediate threat to britain's national security. now members of the parliamentary committee also accuse the government being complacent about the flow of illegal russian money into the country what we do know about russian influence in the u.k. is that is the new normal successive governments of welcome russian oligarchs and their money with out in homes and there is a lot of russians with very close links to. putin who are now very well integrated into but both u.k. business political and social see what's referred to as lending as it london grad yet few if any questions of the national guard the province of considerable wealth . this open door approach has provided an ideal mechanism by which illicit finance could be recycle

this city in russia's far east near the border with china is more than 6000 kilometers from moscow but now it's turned into an unexpected hub of anti-government protests was was the beginning people often i think people are marching out on the streets because they vote to elect the governor in the 2018 election has been taken away for gold supporters say the accusations are politically motivated out of a yellow russia we've had enough we elected the governor we want to be heard and decide a selves what to do with him bring him here for a fat and open trial and we'll decide whether to convict him or not so each year. putin officially fired for gall on monday and appointed over placement fueling further mistrust in the region the president's united russia party isn't popular here the protests reflect anger of what many see as out of touch politicians imposing policies from moscow. the timing of the arrest is also raising questions earlier this month president putin oversaw a controversial vote potentially allowing him to remain in power for another 16 years. critics say putin waited unti

but many observers believe the president seen here with not a mere putin at a military parade in moscow in june can ill afford a spat with the russian president and to simmons' al-jazeera. bellerose has been one of russia's most reliable allies since the fall of the soviet union but relations have been strained in recent years moscow wants belarus to implement a union agreement signed in 1999 that would create a single currency constitution parliament and court system but there is resistance president lukashenko blames moscow for domestic discontent and has also accused russia of plotting to overthrow him at the same time relations between batteries in the west have improved in serbia unlike pompei it became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit minsk since the early 1990 s. after that washington the pointed its 1st ambassador in more than a decade and an maybelle reuss ordered oil from the u.s. for the 1st time after failing to agree on a price to buy it from russia. well an opposition political rally in batteries described as the biggest since independence from the soviet union has

either way is that iran has been and remains the worst affected country in the middle east steadiest moscow says an associate professor and settle in there and molecular sciences that university he says the accuracy of antibody tests can be questionable. we've known from the 1st few weeks when people started importing the availability of antibody tests that out these are not necessarily precise enough to be able to tell apart the 4 common flu viruses from the covered 19 virus and as a result of that having not seen what exactly the techniques used in iran are accomplished in a comment on whether or not the 25000000 is a lot or a summation a lot but based on what we've seen in the rest of the world. we've we we have a prevalence of that this is of no more than 5 percent of the population being exposed i would hazard that this number is perhaps a little bit exaggerated a bit not necessarily an overestimation after 2 days of negotiations e.u. leaders do not appear to be close to an agreement over a coronavirus economic recovery fund a compromise has been offered by the president of the europea

and russia are high after of report alleging moscow had interfered in british politics . china's 1st independent mission to mars meanwhile is on its way for goes well early next year a rover vehicle will touch down to begin the search for water that's on the ceci if the planet is ever going to become an alternative home or a burden manley reports. i think when one which translates to questions to heaven hopes to find some answers on mars where the red planet can sustain human life. lost sofas from the island of heinen in southern china the long march by broke it carrying the team when one craft. it's the optimum launch window the 2 planets are at their closest for 26 months essentially shortening the journey from 9 to 7 months. and it's a busy time for travelling to mars the united arab emirates 1st mars launch by a middle east country quote a mile or hope closer from japan on monday and now say aims to launch its most sophisticated monsoreau ever next week the u.s. has had 8 successful missions to mars so far 6 on the spacecraft are exploring mars from orbit 3 american 2

better reuss has detained 32 russian citizens who it says a mercenary sent by moscow to inside riots and destabilize next month's presidential election the kremlin denies the allegation and was sentenced as more. the allegations were raised to the meeting of the better route security council and the head of the state security agency said 32 russian citizens have been detained and they were members of a private security company indicating they were mercenaries president alexander lukashenko said he was demanding an immediate explanation from russia if you just material. i'm already seeing the reaction by the russians they are already making excuses saying things such as we invited them here it is obvious dirty intentions have to be justified. the roost media reports say up to 200 mercenaries were in the country suspected of planning to destabilize the country ahead of presidential elections on august the 9th and the security sources reported as saying 14 of the suspects had fought in the donbass region of ukraine since 2014 ukraine's military has been in conflict with russian backed f

to use based in the east delegations from turkey and russia met in ankara with more talks planned in moscow now they say that dialogue remains the only solution to the conflict of the one is a former special envoy to libya he says russia and turkey will lead to work together to bring stability to the region. well they both have good in thousands of mercenaries into libya to fight the war and if turkey and russia decide to stop the fighting and have their mercenaries no longer fight or withdraw from the church or leave the country well that's going to be a good thing for libya libyans do need to get together and negotiate a sustainable way forward with the u.n. process before have decided to tripoli in april 2019 there was about to be a national conference which would have involved a lot of libyans for a lot of different places to find it out for it fought by the u.n. and that was about to make sure real progress after initial military mission if this effort to conquer the country become a dictator stopped all that it's going to be hard to put it back together again but there's no alternativ

have been strained in recent years moscow wants to implement a union agreement which was signed in 1909 that would create a single currency constitution parliament and court system between them but the president lukashenko blames moscow for domestic discontent and is accused of plotting to overthrow him meanwhile relations with the west have improved in february pump a became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit minsk since the early 1990 s. after that washington appointed its 1st ambassador in every decade and then i'm a better resorted to oil from the us for the 1st time after failing to agree a price to buy from russia or i haul ass the piña is a fellow at the russia and eurasia program in chatham house which is a british foreign affairs think tank and he says this is part of a wider attempt to hold on to power by luke ashamed. actually not so many people in belarus believe that these people came to belarus of the civilized many people in belarus i jailed on the freight charges and previously below sneath ortiz several times he used possible terrorist attacks as a tool to suppre

have accused russia of launching an anti satellite weapon into space they say moscow fired a project on july 15th person space directorate chief says the move poses a potential threat to satellites that the well depends on moscow's defense ministry says it was part of an operation to inspect its own equipment now the pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted in iranian passenger plane over the syria it says the f. 15 conducted a visual inspection of the airplane from a safe distance to ensure it wasn't a hostile aircraft the move was said to be aimed at protecting coalition troops in syria several passengers were injured when the commercial plane pilot abruptly changed altitude during that incident the plane was still then able to fly safely to beirut i spoke to rodger shanahan he's a research fellow at the low institute for international policy and he says this incident could western already strained ties between washington and tehran. yess exertions that. crap from that airline used to ferry the just 6 support for running back forces in the region so that may well

that many observers believe the president seen here with not a mere putin at a military parade in moscow in june can ill afford a spot with the russian president and to simmons' al-jazeera. while an opposition political rally in belarus described as the biggest since independence from the soviet union has been held in the capital minsk thousands turned out and supporters footlong a tick and a skier who's challenging alexander lukashenko his bed for a 6th term and next month's elections the government has accused the opposition of collaborating with moscow to cause civil unrest ahead of that vote the opposition says the claims of russian subversion are a sham. saudi arabia's king solomon has been discharged from hospital after having his gallbladder removed there's a 4 year old monarch was admitted last week prompting concerns about his health and also the future of the kingdom. yemen 33 rebels have released 6 members of the baha'i faith following months of international pressure they are part of a group of 20 bahais who were arrested 2 years ago in the capital which the who these capture

under the long shadow of russia britain's government is accused of ignoring moscow's attempts to undermine its security and democracy so how should the u.k. respond to these threats this is inside story. of the program on iran the u.k. is considering tighter security laws after an intelligence report on russian interference a parliamentary committee says no one in government wanted to know about moscow's attempts to interfere in the 2014 scottish independence referendum.

there have been protests here since forgot was detained last week and taken to moscow more than 6000 kilometers away and departed of course accused of murder but according to the investigation for gal was organizing assassination attempts on the murders of a list of businessman the charges date back about 15 years before he got into politics he denies the allegations which his supporters say politically motivated because he was popular and beat the candidate from the governing united russia party in the 2018 and. was victory was seen as reflecting a growing public frustration with president vladimir putin and mocked and may just say back. let the but there's some kind of disregard for us in general for the citizens of russia it's likely mean nothing our choice doesn't mean anything everyone feels very upset. over the weekend thousands of people were out in this small city near the border with china and what's described as an unprecedented show of to st towards moscow they were elected him and it's up to austin judge we support him and don't understand why he was taking to moscow. tha