this would be the u.s. code that allows u.s. military troops to train and advise, in areas around the globe. so he tried to be very clear, that this was not u.s., these were not u.s. soldiers operating under military authorization. you can imagine that didn't sit well with some members of congress. members of congress, tim kane comes to find. democrat of virginia comes to mind immediately saying that we need to reauthorize war, war resolution, if we are going to continue doing this kind of stauf round the globe. -- stauf round tuff around the. this was outside the scope of what they were authorized, the military. or believe general mattis they weren't operating under military authorization. >> the united states military forces operate under, a number of different authorities. for secret clandestine covert activities. you know, in actuality, i mean the members of congress have it right. the united states has been conducting missions that the military calls training or advise and assist or train and equip for, you know, 15 years n

u.s. strategy. and the united states and israel are pulling out of the united nations' cultural organization unesco washington says it's anti israel and hasn't made sufficient reforms. on little rock thanks very much for your company. we begin in the united states where thirty one people have been killed in wildfires raging across northern california the deadliest in these states history with hundreds of people still missing the death toll is expected to rise well dry conditions and fierce winds have been hampering efforts to bring the fires under control and conditions are forecast to get a whole lot worse over the weekend the blazes have been burning since sunday in wine country north of san francisco napa valley was the heart of california's wine industry but now napa and it surrounds the scene an unprecedented disaster. these men are among eight thousand firefighters who spent the last few days trying to bring the prices under control. some houses down the street knows there's no bette

u.s. secretary of state says president trump will decertify the iranian nuclear deal but not leave it out despite the global nuclear watchdog as well as u.s. and european officials saying turns wrong has been keeping its side of the bargain . u.s. media claim that the global gaming sensation poky long quote has become a tool for russian hackers. and the un says as trying to afghanistan have led to an increase in civilian casualties compared with last year . seven o'clock here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me nicky arun good to have you with us. the u.s. secretary of state says donald trump was draw from the iran nuclear deal but will say the agreement is lot in america's national security interests the statement comes just ahead of the u.s. president's speech in which he's expected to announce a new strategy on iran despite two lessons latest remark many expect the president to rip up the historic nuclear deal. one of the worst ever seen disasters deal

u.s. joint chiefs of staff tells congress that pakistani intelligence services have ties to groups warns of punitive action but you have seven days to get out that's what the u.s. tells cuba's diplomatic staff in washington will tell you why. and in a rare televised address spain's king comes down firmly on the side of the central government and its standoff with catalonia. police say the gunman behind the last vegas mass shooting had nearly fifty weapons including a dozen with devices that made them fire automatically stephen paddick killed fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred when he opened fire from a hotel room on an outdoor concerts and he gallagher reports. a steven down on a crowd of concert goers on sunday night newly released police body camera footage shows panic and confusion. offices scramble to locate the source of the gunfire and get members of the public to safety this is a dramatic snapshot of the moments before public was located on the thirty second floor

enable us to reroute u.s. convoy movement, u.s. troops concentration and to alert u.s. service members in afghanistan of imminent threat against them. so it's saved lives on the battlefield. this authority has enabled us to generate unique insight on the transfer of weapons from certain nation states around the world to other parties who would do harm to our nations as well as our friends and allies. and the information as a result of this statutory authority has enabled us to take key isis leaders off the battlefield. we have been very public in-- one issue that we've declassified, he was the number two commander of isis between 2014 and 2016. we, the u.s. government, had spent almost two years trying to locate him with the view of removing him from the battlefield in iraq and syria. we actually has a nation have posted a multi-million dollar bounty or reward for information leading to his arrest or death. despite two years of that, we have been unable to locate him. because of the data we derived from 702, we got our first hint and i apologize, i won't go into all the

u.s. modern history could have been much higher plus. i think it's clear to me that the i.s.i. has connections with with terrorist groups in the u.s. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff tells congress that pakistani intelligence services have ties to groups that has warned of peers punitive action. and you have seven days to get out that's what the u.s. tells cuba's diplomatic staff in washington will tell you why. us from they say that the gunman behind the last vegas mass shooting had nearly fifty weapons including a dozen with devices that made them file automatically stephen paddick killed fifty eight people and injured pulled in five hundred when he opened fire from a hotel room onto an outdoor concert and he calico reports. as stephen public finds down on a crowd of concert goers on sunday night newly released police body camera footage shows panic and confusion officers scramble to locate the source of the gunfire and get members of the public to safety this is a dramatic snapshot

u.s. strategy. and. the female superheroes fighting child marriage in ethiopia creators of the to bad girls are breaking taboos by bringing her. topics right into the classroom. thanks very much for your company we start in the u.s. where thirty one people are now confirmed dead in wildfires raging across northern california making the deadliest in the state's history and the death toll is sadly expected to rise even more with hundreds of people still missing the blazes have been burning since sunday in wine country north of san francisco firefighters have not succeeded in bringing the worst of them under control dry conditions and fierce winds hampering their efforts while evacuation orders have been issued with conditions forecast to get worse over the weekend. and earlier we had the opportunity to speak to my daughter who is a journalist with k.s.r. radio in sonoma county where the fires seem to have hit the hardest he took a tour throughout his community and describe the situation for

u.s. agency for international development, food for peace program and other ways to district food aid more effectively around the world. the witnesses including the acting director of the food for peace office and an official from the government accountability office. this hearing is 90 minutes. >> our relations committee will come to order. we are currently facing an historic humanitarian crisis with over 800 million people worldwide who are in need of food aid. the united states continues to be the world leader in providing over a third of all emergency food aid, over $2 billion annually. despite our shortfall there are other donor organizations not meeting the challenge. in next year's farm bill operations we want to do more without spending more money. over half of our food aid is provided through the farm bill with the u.s. cargo and preference requirements. the farm bill requires aid to be sourced almost entirely from u.s. farmers, half of which must be shipped on u.s. flag vessels a

i see this referred to u.s. person one, u.s. person two, u.s. person three. it would be neat to know who these three individuals are. you can't do that. it's not enough. our process is, it has to be on the basis of your job. you need this information because of the execution of your official duties. secondly, the next criteria to put in place is in your written request you must also show us that you need this to understand this report. it is not just because it is interesting. it's not just because you have a valid need to know, but without this you can't understand the report. what are some examples where we'll unmask? companies, cyber security. we'll report that u.s. company one was hacked by the following country. here is how they got in. here is where they are. here is what they are doing. part of our responsibility is the duty to warn. so how do you warn u.s. company if you don't even know who u.s. one, company one is? so one of the reasons we do unmasking is for example we can take protective action to ensure this information is provided to appropriate

about four u.s. republican senator bob corker has issued more criticism of president donald trump and to view with the new york times the chair of the senate foreign relations committee who set to retire said trump is trading the presidency like a reality t.v. show and making reckless threats that could stay the country into world war three the comments follow a spat on sunday between the two men and which trump claimed senator corker had bad temper one endorsement ahead of a congressional election and his state of tennessee. officials in the u.s. state of california say ten people have been killed and fast moving wildfire has there been a massive evacuations as the fires move through the state's northern wine producing region to one reason fifteen hundred homes have been destroyed in the blaze flames covered eighty hectares of land and napa county while the second father and a neighboring sonoma center is a police department along with our fellow law enforcement officers throughout the county in the

the u.s. is playing its own game by own rules and with its own followers were as iraq acts on its territory to the best of its abilities supported by its sons its political parties and movements the most people who sacrifice themselves food good of their country the militants of the popular mobilization forces have suffered huge losses shed their blood for the sake of their homeland with their actions during the liberation of so many iraqi cities even cities they don't live in. or what ok let's go to syria next and what is left in the city of radical although the u.s. backed campaign there to liberate the area from islamic state is now all but over human rights groups are still concerned about safety as residents do try to return home. the united nations stands ready to assess people with him in theory in assistance in iraq and its surroundings however at the moment we have no access and therefore no human. convoys or assistance can reach. the humanitarian situation is dire there is no suffici

the u.s. says it took the decision to have failed to protect its staff from alleged sonic attacks government denies accusations that it was involved and is calling the response from the u.s. reckless and unfounded a latin america editor reports. yes cuba is fuming over washington's decision to expel fifteen more cuban diplomats for what it calls unfounded charges of mysterious acoustic attacks against u.s. diplomats in atlanta and many. the foreign ministry energetically protests and denounces this unfounded and acceptable decision along with the pretext used to justify its that the cuban government has not taken the appropriate measures to prevent these alleged incidents from occurring. after months of inconclusive investigations when sixty percent of u.s. embassy staff here is packing up to go home ordered to leave cuba to protect their health from possible news sonic attacks that have reportedly seriously damaged the hearing of more than twenty u.s. diplomats since last year this according

u.s. department of treasury who has to approve -- has the power to approve every single beer label in the united states. people are saying he makes arbitrary ca patriciatious decisions but everybody in the beer industry is afraid to criticize him because he has such absolute power. >> do you know his name? >> i do know his name. >> having just recently retired. >> i have to say, this is the first time after trevor's recitation of his bad names feel like my names are sort of boring. you should see what i left out. >> so i don't know if they are still in that position. i think they are not. from our standpoint, we build our marketing into our label. there's nothing misleading or unlawful or deceptive about it. these are just liquor commissioners. this has been a problem for decades since prohibition and the states took over the religions of the sa regulation and importation of alcohol. but it is expensive and difficult to sue a state and those are all the challengers. in case you're not awar

he specializes in u.s. foreign policy, u.s.-china relations, international security issues, and chinese foreign policy. and it is wonderful to be welcoming him to sais today. it is also my great pleasure to introduce amy celico, a principle of albright stonebridge group and leads the firms china team in washington, d.c. drawing on her expertise in u.s. government, she has deep understanding of nonfinancial service sector in china, intellectual property rights, and u.s.-china trade relations. we're also proud to say that she's a graduate of johns hopkins sais and a graduate of our hopkins center. thank you to sais china, johns hopkins sais for policy institute, and our friend, the china-u.s. exchange foundation for supporting and organizing today's event. finally, i would like to thank and also introduce our moderator today, dr. john lipsky who is aa senior fellow at our foreign-policy institute and a peter g peterson distinguished scholar at the henry a kissinger center for global affairs. now without further ado please join me

the u.s. singapore relationship has made both of our people far more prosperous and secure and our values have made us long-standing friends. we are fortunate to have such a loyal partner. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president. [applause] >> i'd like to thank president trump for his warm hospitality and i'm happy to visit him in washington following our meeting in july. we had a wide ranging exchange in the oval office and over lunch. we re-affirmed the robust and enduring partnership between singapore and the united states. over the last 51 years. it is a deep and wide relationship, with substantial cooperation in economic, defense and security spheres, and we also discussed what more we could too do take i forward. on the economic front the u.s. is an important partner for many in asia. singapore is a small country where just 5.5 million but we have sizable investment and trade with the u.s. and these continue to grow. for example,er where tee second largest asian investor in the

u.s. election that's according to american media. outrage in the u.k. as an eighty five year old grandmother is forcefully removed from a protest by police. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the international we have your latest. now expected to announce a new strategy on iran this will be today old bets are on the president ripping up the historic nuclear deal. president shied away from airing his confrontational views on the agreement. one of the worst ills i've ever seen the disasters deal with a rare one of the dumbest details or one of the weakest contracts the people that negotiated that deal namely kerry and his friends are incompetent one of the worst deals ever negotiated when the deal was hammered out by the u.s. russia france germany china the u.k. and there on back in twenty fifteen it followed nine years of talks on a decade long standoff which many viewed at the time as one of the world's most pressing crises now the international nuclear watchdog that's been

courts and as a result the u.s. stopped a planned sale of small arms to turkey turkey further angered the u.s. when it agreed to buy a russian missile defense system equipment that wouldn't work within nato has indicated he would be willing to trade americans imprisoned in turkey for good lawn but given that would be hard to do within the legal system something he really wants the case thrown out against her citizen reza zurab who is awaiting trial in the u.s. for allegedly helping turkey in. they'd sanctions against iran if it was a matter of wanting it back than wanting the case to go away it wanting him not to testify not wanting any of the details about their role in helping iran of aid sanctions coming out in the course of a trial it will be yet another chance for the ole reddy frosty relationship to cool even more political when al-jazeera washington. hundreds of civilians are fleeing the iraqi town of how we jet to escape fighting there u.s. backed iraqi troops and iranian trained shia militia declared victor

u.s. and european officials saying to iran has been keeping its side of the bargain. global gaming sensation poky mongo becomes the latest unexpected link to allege that russian meddling in the u.s. election that's according to american media. a woman wounded in the deadly los vegas shooting massacre as soon as the hotel where the gunman was firing from as a police investigation into the atrocity is riddled with embarrassing failures. hello there it's two pm here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me mccarran good to have you with us. donald trump expected to announce a new strategy on a wrong on friday and all bets are on the president ripping up the historic nuclear deal after all trying to never shied away from airing his confrontational views on the agreements. one of the worst deals i've ever seen disasters deal with a rare one of the dumbest deals or one of the weakest contracts the people that negotiated that deal namely kerry and his friends are inco

well u.s. media reports suggest that he will decertify with the iran but this will then mean that the united states will be perceived as an unreliable partner it would be a blow to the u.n. security council because they're on dealing with sanctified by security council resolution twenty two thirty one and in the future countries would be reluctant to make agreements with the united states if they think that successive governments would abandon previously agreed deeds and this is also a quandary for international law of bunk the sort of some sort of hand up where a state is responsible for living up to its international legal obligations and these do not change just because there is a change in government it just to be perfectly clear if trump doesn't davies certify this deal then that doesn't mean that it is the end of the deal for eyes easy but how is it to her on looking at all of this. you know it's generally difficult to get iranians americans and europeans and the same page and then you ca

when we hear about the new u.s. law in syria which establishes local councils on sovereign syrian territories this raises concerns would put this question to washington and expects to receive an honest and clear answer. the russian foreign minister also mentioned serious concerns about the role of coalition forces in iraq are during the liberation campaign in particular cases where i saw feiss had been able to exit the city of raka without resistance and then go on to fight syrian government forces elsewhere in the country. there were numerous cases when our so far has flooded areas controlled by u.s. backed opposition forces to fight syrian government forces in particular there were cases of a mass exodus. so far is two minutes from the u.s. coalition operations to liberate the city so while the recent victories are being seen as a major milestone in the fight against the terrorist group in syria the horseman raising serious concerns about the lack of clarity on what the u.s. role and intentions are in syria. now r

u.s. and european officials saying to rob france been keeping its side of the bargain. u.s. media claim that the global gaming sensation poky mangano has become a tool from russian hackers. and the u.n. says an strikes in afghanistan have led to an increase in civilian casualties compared with last year. there you are watching r.t. international coming to you live from the russian capital nikki aaron good to have you with us. donald trump's expected to announce a new strategy on a wrong on friday and all bets are on the president wrapping up the historic nuclear deal chung pozen shied away from airing his confrontational views on the agreements. one of the worst else i've ever seen disasters deal with a rare one of the dumbest deals or one of the weakest grant directs the people that negotiated that deal namely kerry and his friends are incompetent one of the worst deals ever negotiated is the deal that was hammered out by the u.s. russia france the u.k. china germany and a wrong back in t

absolutely that if the u.s. withdraws from the steel no country in the world is going to want to make any sort of deal with the united states because when you have a deal you have to make concessions another country like north korea would make concessions and then months or years later the u.s. could just pull out of the deal and north korea would be worse off than if there'd been no deal at all so you know this would certainly destroy the u.s. credibility and make it difficult for a long time and perhaps ever for the u.s. to negotiate treaties in the world richard i want to read you a tweet from a trumpet says presidents and their administrations have been talking to north korea for twenty five years agreements made and massive amounts of money paid hasn't worked agreements violated before the ink was dry making fools of us negotiator sorry but only one thing will work and referencing north korea do you think trump knows what to do in the situation well i think you has no idea he certainly doesn't have the inte

as the u.s. ambassador put it to the brazilian press, they asked him about the economic aid, when will it come, the u.s. ambassador put this to the press -- "the situation might be graphically represented as a case of smallpox in europe competing with a common cold in latin america." needless to say he could've chosen better words than that. then of course there was only so much money. the secretary of state tried to explain the political and economic reality why there would , be no marshall plan for latin america at bogota. he invited let americans to -- invited latin americans to trust in free-trade principles. latin americans would prosper once western europe and japan recovered and could resume regular trading patterns with europeans. marshall's speech was greeted by stony silence by latin american delegates. the reality is, there was only so much money. during the marshall plan years, the united states was contributing 2.7% of its gross national product to foreign aid. 2.7% of gnp was going

korean u.s. and south military officers on the border line yelling, please, we want a meeting, please pick up the phone. they don't there is a military reas that tween cot north korea doesn't answer. we've tried diplomacy, we've negotiations, they have not been successful, yes, we be trying to engage with north korea before we go into a military situation. host: we've learned to live with countries being nuclear powers, can we come to that way korea?nking on north guest: perhaps its is wored smithing, there is a talk about acknowledging them, i don't think we can formally acknowledge or accept them. you can't pretend they don't have nuclear weapons, i might acknowledge them but assess they have nuclear weapons f. we acknowledge them, agreement, n an freeze for freeze, it runs the risk of undermining nonproliveration treaty, runs ounter to nonproliferation policy for decades, it sends bad iran and other countries and would also cause concern by our allies that would see it as willing to accept a t

the u.s. secretary of state makes a surprise visit to afghanistan and suggests moderate taliban could make up a part of the afghan government while adopted photo appears of the country's leader meeting america's top diplomat and also the family feud over catalonia independence standoff that's causing division not only in spain but in neighboring france take. a welcome come july from moscow you're watching r.t. international now our top story this hour there are some changes at the top in the world's second largest economy with china unveiling its leadership team for the next five years china also plans to set up its own version of the petro currency the petro un which will rival the us dollar supremacy on the energy market i spoke with about the country's future. so this lineup unveiling has given us a clear glimpse into china's political future just not in the traditional manner not in the way anyone expected the intrigue comes from the fact that the other six men on this committee along with

now u.s. backed syrian forces are reportedly launched their final push to drive i saw from the armed groups de facto capital of iraq the u.s. led coalition says one hundred i saw fighters have surrendered in the past day fighting to recapture iraq began in june the group has now been confined to a small area of the city straight about an hour who is following developments from montauk here near the turkey syria border let's start with the situation in iraq and one thing we shouldn't overlook as the humanitarian crisis that's developing tell us about that. indeed as the fighting intensifies now in the rock. is about seven percent of requested under the control of the i still. thousands of people have been trapped in those areas many are being evacuated from those areas but there's also another fight which is underway in. the lawsuit meaning small holes of ice in in syria so thousands of people. fleeing those areas problem is that they get into makeshift camps with no basic infrastructure servic

consulate worker the u.s. ambassador to turkey says how long the visa suspension loss will depend on talks between the two governments article one has the latest from washington d.c. . after the arrest of a worker at the u.s. embassy in ankara and a warrant issued for another the us took the unusual step of saying they would stop issuing visas for turkish nationals travelling to america the first explanation was posted by the u.s. ambassador to turkey on twitter we don't know if these arrests are singular events or if we should expect other turkish staff members to be arrested turkey quickly followed suit with similar measures but president rich a type one said he did it reluctantly and on kind of this is a very sad decision and the ambassador has taken a decision and started implementing it so it's a source of sadness. this is just the latest in a growing list of diplomatic back and forth the relationship between these two nato allies started souring during the syrian civil war turkey upset the us didn't do e

europe why says the u.s. has got it wrong there marijuana industry is now legal delegation has been to the u.s. to put their case where the industry is looking at selling outside the bank system . the system is now strongly regulated very controlled the state is heavily involved so that's why we feel it will be easy to show that we have nothing to do with drug trafficking or money laundering business is being done illegal enterprises controlled by the state. he says pharmacies a queuing up to sell marijuana but the financial obstacles have been removed this is normal and this legal is growing tomatoes a backroom backstreet industry is emerging from the shadows and taking its place in mainstream europe one society those involved say there's no going back to. europe one uses say legalization has seen the illegal drug trade reduced or the stigma attached to marijuana is receding. now you show you going into a business premises which is open to the public so now you're not in danger. the move still has opponents

u.s. russia france the u.k. china germany and iran back in twenty fifteen it followed nine years of talks on a decade long standoff which many viewed at the time as one of the world's most pressing crises now the international nuclear watchdog that has been monitoring iran's compliance with the deal says tehran is keeping up its side of the bargain that includes for example the shipping enrich uranium to russia mothballing thousands of centrifuges and removing the call from a reactor at a key nuclear facility so u.s. officials also backed the view iran has been good to its word with a european colleagues think trump is simply wrong on the issue braun is in technical compliance of the agreement there and is not in material breach of the agreement and i do believe the agreement today has delayed the development of a nuclear capability but. the signals we're getting from the united states are that the president will explain to the senate that in his view the nuclear agreement with iran is not

u.s. . this is a former campaign adviser pleads guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about interactions with alleged go betweens for russia. of their i'm julie with donald this is sound as they were live from london also coming up yes special forces capture a libyan man linked to the twenty twelve attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi. anger in opposition strongholds as it were kenya to steer the winner of kenya's presidential run with ninety eight percent and calm in catalonia despite spain taking direct control prosecutors seeking rebellion charges against the region's leaders. u.s. president donald trump's former campaign manager pomona ford has been charged with crimes including conspiring against the u.s. along with one of manifolds business associates rick gates well the pleaded not guilty in court and the charges stem from the investigation into the links between russia and the trunk campaign it's also emerged that a former campaign advisor has pleaded guilty to lying to the f

the u.s. is top general says he believes a group linked to icily is behind the ambush that killed four soldiers in this air he won that i still was trying to establish a physical presence there as it loses ground in iraq and syria meanwhile the widow of one of the fallen soldiers has made a television appearance where she accused president trump of being insensitive in a condolence call gabler's on the reports. the united states' top military officer said the families of soldiers killed in the share deserve answers for american and for nigerian soldiers were killed during a brazen ambush on what was supposed to be a routine reconnaissance patrol few details are known but dunford said all signs are pointing to one group as it is an isis affiliated group and i think what you bring up is what we're dealing with in many places is isis and al qaida isis in this case they try to leverage local insurgencies. and connect those local insurgencies globally this is the challenge that we're dealing with a

u.s. strategy. plus the female soups are breaking taboos one hard topic at a time and. dan brown the blockbuster author behind the da vinci code and they'll see his latest novel at the frankfurt book a fair book fair a cultural editor will be here with the lowdown on the thriller with the title margins. it's a pleasure to have you with us we want to begin in the u.s. where thirty one people have been killed in wildfires raging across northern california the deadliest and the state's history now with hundreds of people still missing the death toll is sadly expected to rise and because of dry conditions and fears wins they are been the hampering efforts to bring the fires under control and conditions are forecast to get a whole lot worse over the weekend the blazes have been burning since sunday in a wine country north of san francisco napa valley was the heart of california's wine industry but now napa and its surrounds have seen an unprecedented disaster. these men are among eight thousand

colony or a u.s. territory or to have power sure self rule we did not decide to to abide by laws that do not that we care that we do not bode for we did not have any control over the jones lawyer puerto rico so there is a responsibility if the us was to keep territories it has to be responsible for them and they're not being responsible for putting we can put our we conserve done everything they can we clear the roads the local government has got his court of the gas tanks and everything but we are talking about a country that is bankrupt and trying to say that look because a lot of people did not enough people died here this is not that bad of a catastrophe to cover the week and the central response by the federal government is disgraceful and i do hope that some sense goes into trump and his aides and that they understand that this goes beyond politics and the twitter war and talking about the nasty mayor that has only done was any other u.s. representatives would do if their people were dying just

the u.s. and pakistan are longtime allies but their relationship has been strained the u.s. says pakistan is creating safe havens for the taliban which is in the midst of a renewed campaign in afghanistan pakistan denies that and says when the u.s. has provided intelligence it's acted u.s. and pakistan they have agreed to that it made engage in the future for the typical operation and lead to understanding of each of this concerns. us secretary of state rex tillerson is on his first official visit to south asia on the agenda meetings with the pakistani prime minister show he khan abbassi and indian prime minister narendra modi. the trump administration hopes to expand its ties with india seeing it as a stabilizing force in a volatile region president trump and prime minister modi are committed more than any other leaders before them to building an ambitious partnership benefits not only our two great democracies but other sovereign nations working toward greater peace and stability a deepening of american and indian ties is a sensitive topic for pakistan india and pakistan a

the u.s. troops also had help from france and niger. that doesn't change the fact that there are these questions coming from people like senato john mccain, who's chairman of the senator arms services committee, wondering why there has been so little information even two weeks after that happened. so a few things that we know now including this elements of the investigation is that this question over why a french planes came about 30 minutes after the fire fight started, why didn't they drop bombs on. the initially, it was reported at least by some, that they didn't have authorization to do that by niger. now we know, according to u.s. officials they were concerned about causing further harm, that they couldn't really tell on the ground who were u.s. soldiers and who were enemy combat ants. so, details like that, we think we're going to see more, probably in the near term, but the investigation could take a long time. so what the pentagon has been wanting to emphasize too is that the u.s. does

military generals of the u.s. this is being it was being simulated in all the elite military universities and is interesting that this all takes place on the african continent bear in mind there are already one and a half thousand troops u.s. troops in africa right now is this all of them slip about where the pentagon thinks the war on terror is going to go next and what sort of kind of information does this simulated fictional wargame give us does it show a striking new city from the pentagon about how u.s. military interventions tend to pan out all of the generals of the future being trained to avoid this sort of situation happening again or are they being groomed to be ready for it or is it a little bit of both. well indeed some deja vu and some deja viewing there as well polly we're going on to thank you very much. well you may think it is only the all saudis that can collect your personal data and kampar terrorist watch lists the case of one journalist highlights there are other entities doing this sometimes

as u.s. negotiators talk tough for the mexican government was at pains this week to say they too could walk away easier this is if necessary we will leave the treaty mexico is bigger than after the country says it's looking to develop trade with other regions but about eighty percent of its exports head to the u.s. especially cars from the country's booming auto industry ultimately that dependence not the relationship with canada that's mexico's biggest concern john holeman how does it or mexico city now witchcraft in zambia toxic masculinity in south africa and folktales. are just some of the african themes at this year's london film festival here's johnny anjanette report on how filmmakers from the continent are challenging the way africa is usually depicted on screen. it looks like a west in the familiar genre for audiences but five thing is for must say it's set against the backdrop of south africa's eastern cape. director michael matthews has dusted down the genre creating something thri

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the drug enforcement administration, u.s. postal inspection service, u.s. border and custom protections, the u.s. attorney's office in fargo, portland, oregon, fort lauderdale, in the royal canadian police in montreal -- without the connectivity of all of the law enforcement organizations, we would be at a loss. it is critical to our success. through ongoing investigations, it would determine a subject in china was using international mail parcels to support organization in canada. co-conspirators in canada communicated with u.s. networks via encrypted communication and the drugs were distributed nationally, regionally, and locally through the mail or hand to hand's actions. -- hand to hand transactions. arrested in florida, where a search of the residence resulted in the she's your of 175,000 -- resulted in 000.seizure of 1750, i would like to recognize exceptional work of our homeland security investigation special agents. for their tireless efforts, their commitment to seeking justice, and their dedication to the safety and security of american people. i

the u.s. is pulling out of the united nations cultural body unesco claiming bias against israel which is following get out the door. celebrations on the street palestinian political rivals hamas and the reconciliation deal after a decade of disagreement. and canada's leader mates as mexican counterpart with an uncertain future for their free trade agreement with the u.s. . a convoy of turkish troops has entered northern syria and a new military operation it's after turkey said it was sending in troops to enforce a deescalation zone as part of an agreement between turkey which backs rebel forces and iran and russia which support the government turkish media is reporting the armored vehicles carrying troops crossed into serious in live province late on thursday. has more from a talkie along turkey's border with syria. this is what we know so far dozens of military vehicles have crossed into syria we know from different sources that the turkish military tao is stationed in an area called and all

as the u.s. backs away from the paris climate agreement well diplomats will be gathering in bonn to restate that commitment. from the heart of asia one when east brings captivating stories and award winning fields. as tensions on the korean peninsula remain high president trump embarks on a five nation tour to east asia november on al-jazeera. it was an audacious bid to capture a city in the southern philippines and turn it into a province of myself. with rai left the smoking room is asia the new battlefront twenty one east investigates at this time on al-jazeera. now. korea tain massacre at least one hundred twenty eight people killed by ice as they were forced out of the syrian town and the children dying of hunger. five years under. a low i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up the u.s. secretary of state has arrived in the iraqi capital baghdad after also making a surprise visit to afghanistan. financial help from the international community falls short of its tar

my ass waiter thank you for joining us u.s. president onil trump has said he will not recertify a twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal the multilateral agreement calls for iran to shelve its disputed nuclear program and in exchange the international community would ease sanctions trump accused of violating the quote spirit of the agreement but stopped short of canceling the deal instead he's called on u.s. lawmakers and international partners to fix its flaws the agreements to pilates that the u.s. president must certify to congress that iran is complying with the agreement every ninety days trump had done this twice before but has now refused to sign ahead of sunday's deadline now congress must decide whether to reimpose sanctions and scrap the deal here's more of what trump had to say importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal so today in recognition of the increasing menace posed by iran and after extensive consultations with our allies i am announcing a new strategy to address the full range of iran's destructi

now you as you as you know the u.s. has withdrawn from nasco claiming the organization participates in anti israel by now what do you say we actually heard israeli defense minister avigdor lieberman call the unesco an anti semitic organization which means that it opposes all the world's jews apparently so this is inflammatory language and what we've seen with the u.s. leaving as it appears to zero five hundred million dollars to unesco. you know it doesn't have to pay off this organization to pay its dues to this organization but what we see is a case of donald trump's america first agenda being really revealed as ali abunimah put it at the electronic intifada as an israel first agenda can we imagine the united states withdrawing from unesco or any other world body because of anti french bias or anti german bias no on no other circumstance with the u.s. they kate a major world body within the u.n. so this is actually a very revealing episode and it might be actually a welcome development surely after the u.s. and now an

u.s. modern history could have been much higher. hello this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead and this is going to. repeat the u.s. president visits storm hit puerto rico meeting with officials he is harshly criticized on twitter. in a rare televised address spain's king comes down firmly on the side of the central government in its standoff with catalonia plus. i think it's clear to me. it's connections with with terrorist groups the u.s. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff tells congress pakistani intelligence services have ties to on groups and has warned of punitive action. thank you for joining as more details are emerging about sunday night's mass shooting in las vegas but police still don't have an answer on why steven patrick i retire with no criminal record carried out the attack let's bring you up to speed with what we know police say that all set up cameras around the mandalay bay hotel room from where he launches a toc it was from here that he opened fire on concert go

the drug enforcement administration, u.s. postal inspection service, u.s. customs and border protection's, the internal revenue service, the u.s. attorney's office in fargo, portland, oregon, fort lauderdale and the royal police and montreal, without the connectivity of all those law enforcement organizations, we would be at a loss. cooperation is critical to our success. through ongoing investigations, interviews, and evidence collections, it will determine the says -- the subject in china was using international mail parcels to supply the organization in canada. co-conspirators in canada communicated with u.s. networks via encrypted communication, and the drugs were controlled -- contributed nationally and locally through the mail or hand to hand transactions. most recently, through the people where a- search and their residence had a seizure of 170 $5,000 in u.s. currency, a maserati and two firearms. i would like to recognize the exceptional work of our homeland security investigation special agents, jeremy groove, guy gino, alexis gregory, as well as t