forced to make comments on the speech uttered four days ago by someone called the u.s. president who rendered this sacred u.n. arena tainted. since trump uttered such reckless and violent words, provoking the supreme dignity of the democratic people's republic of korea on this very platform, it is fair enough for me to make a response in the corresponding tone. during his eight months in power, he has turned the white house into a noisy marketing now, he hasf -- tried to turn the u.n. arena into a gangster's nest where bloodshed is the order of the day. trump is a mentally deranged , a person who is chastised even by the american people as the commander in grief, lying king, holding the seat of u.s. president and the dangerous reality that -- using against a land that holds the nuclear button. these constitute the greatest threat to international peace and security today. his lacking of basic common knowledge and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme dignity of my it as aby referring to rocket. he committed an error possible rocket'sf making our visit to the u.s. mainland

speeches for today's march for civility on the national mall. that, a discussion of u.s.-a counterterrorism efforts in the obama and trump administrations. >> in his speech to the united nations general assembly, north korea's foreign minister responded to president trump's -- and reiterated the threat of a possible missile attack. his remarks are just over 20 minutes. toi now give the floor -- the minister from the democratic republic of korea. >> mr. president, first of all, allow me to congratulate your excellency, on your election, as the president of the 72nd session of the united nations. i look forward to successful outcomes under your able guidance. before going into the main point of my debate, i feel forced to make comments on the speech uttered four days ago, by someone called, the u.s. president, that rendered this sacred u.n. arena, tainted. since trump gave this speech, it is fair for me to make a response, in the corresponding tone. during his eight months in power, he has turned the white house into a noisy, marketing place. now, he has tried to turn the u.n

constitution and you. and we're asking opportunities to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and create a video illustrating why it is important. our competition is open to all middle school and high school students, grades six through 12. students can work alone or in a group of up to three and produce a five to search minute documentary on the provision selected. include some c-span programming and also exexplore opposing opinions. 100 thouds will be awarded in cash prices. the grand prize of $5,000 will go to the student or team with the best owe all entry. the deadline is january 18th, 2018. so mark your cal ders and help us spread the world to student filmmakers. visit our website. >> the u.n. security council voted last week 15-0 to impose new sanctions on north korea. up next, a panel on the north korean threat and the challenges it poses for the u.s. south korean alliance. the center for stratic and international studies hosted this hour and 15 minute event. >> well, welcome back from your break. i'm michael green. i'm the senior vice president for asia and japan chai

discussing about u.s./south korea relations. it'll include former secretary of state madelyn albright and south korea's foreign minister. we'll have you take you there live when it does. until then, a look at what the north korean foreign minister had to say over the weekend while addressing the u.n. general assembly. he talked about the new sanctions against his country and president trump's remarks about north korean leader kim jong-un. >> i now give the floor to his skensy reyoung hoe, minister of the peoples republic of korea. >> translator: mr. president, first of all, allow me to congratulations your excellency on your election as the president of the 72nd session of the united nation general assembly. i look forward to successful outcome of the present session under your able guidance. before going into the main points in my debate, i feel forced to make comments on the speech uttered four days ago by someone called the u.s. president that rendered this sacred u.n. arena tainted. since trump uttered such reckless and violent words provoking the supreme dignity of the democratic

strengthen the u.s. sanctions against north korea as well as some of the can countries suspected of laundering money for north korea, and two of them former federal advisers testified on what provisions the legislators will have to boost the efficacy of the not just u.s. sanctions, but those from the united nations security council and this is about two hours hours. >>> and now for us to declare a recess of the committee at any time, and we will have five legislative days to submit extraneous materials to the chairman for inclusion into the record. this hearing is entitled a legislative proposal to impede north kr north korea's access to finance. i recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. today's hearing will examine draft legislation to impose secondary sanctions on foreign banks whose business supports the north korean regime whether directly or indirectly. by encompassing virtually all of north kr north korea's economic activity, these measures would are represent the toughest financial sanctions yet directed at pyongya pyongyang. this the means going after

options to do show the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis promises a safe militarist sponsored north korea threatens the u.s. up to pyongyang confirms it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the russian foreign ministry slams u.s. searches of russian diplomatic signs as an illegal as an illegal diabolical circus premis season san francisco and washington was shut down on the state department's orders. and in our review of the week islamic state leaves behind a booby trapped ghost town after a trip out of town a fall by the iraqi army we have an exclusive report. from moscow it's the weekly here on r.t. international i'm rosa thank you for joining us. tensions on the north korean peninsula are ratcheting up and washington looks in no mood to calm the situation but the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis promising a massive military response on north korea should it threaten america. we have many military options and president wanted to be briefed on each one of them any threat to the united states or its territories including. or our allies will be met with a massive military response t

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society. sometimes quite literally. wants other true colors of universities in the u.s. . exclusive video from syria's correspondent takes you to the heart of the decisive battle for the country's future amid claims that some forces are exploiting the gains plus. in catalonia protests as pressure mounts on the government for trying to quash sunday's independence referendum while the region's president. u.s. officials complains the russian hackers targeted voting systems in the state of wisconsin admitting that there's no evidence. on the korea crisis the japanese prime minister moves for a snap election as his handling of the situation sees his ratings take a look at the stakes. low for me in the team here at r.t. h.q. in moscow. news update at nine am here first to syria the country's ambassador to the un's accusing the u.s. of trying to take credit for the operation to retake the city of. the u.s. coalition and rebel militias they support halted their operation in iraq which was a stronghold of eisel and through their forces behind trying to push the syrian army out of the areas o

institutions, wall street institutions, including what's i now citigroup, jpmorgan chase,. had to u.s. imperialism in the 20th century, how the institu institutions really grappled with the question of international expansion through legal practices, to their attempts to sometimes trample tl regulations, sometimes extend regulations to support international capital accumulation. finally, to also understand what his relationship between theee history of capitalism through wall street, through banking institutions and its relationships to its the development, expansion, generation of ideas of race andr racism, especially as they impinge on and affect the sovereignty of caribbean peoples, of peoples and haiti, dominican republic, to the, et cetera. >> when did wall street become wall street? >> guest: i think wall street, i would argue wall street really became wall street in the early 19th century. you know, early u.s. history so wall street as, new york city, as one of a number of capitals of capitals in the united states, as commercial. baltimore was a significant presence for a good

calls into question the u.s.'s role. richard mcgregor wrote a book reckoning," we are pleased to have him back. the two seo. richard: thank you for having me back. jeff: good to have you. how do you define it today, and is it over? americana in east asia is really america as both the dominant power in east asia since the second world war and also the sort of policymaking power in asia since the second world war. i begin you an example. it is remarkable that 70 years still has troops in south korea, still has troops in japan,. it has troops in australia. that is pax americana, and interwoven set of security guarantees that the u.s. provides for east asia and has provided for 70 years. i guess linked up with the economic system that the u.s. has a build a since the second world or and built along with europe, basically built around open markets and roles, rules of the road for trade, security, for the high seas, and the like. years removed from world war i, this all comes back to world war ii, doesn't it? richard: it does. way, the u.s. is allied with china in. it all stems from their.

between the u.s. and north korea no sign that either side is willing to back. us in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. celebrations in a veil and a cross in iraqi kurdistan but the way forward for iraq's kurds remains unclear. from texas to the caribbean the struggle to recover from a devastating series of hurricanes. plus watching raw injured villages burn from just across the border in bangladesh. north korea's foreign minister has accused the us president donald trump of declaring war and says his country now has the right to shoot down american warplanes the accusation is in response to a tweet by trump that north korea's leadership quote won't be around much longer unquote if it continues its rhetoric out diplomatic editor james bay has more. as he left his hotel heading out of new york north korea's foreign minister really young ho addressed reporters with a statement that further ramps up the tension with the u.s. . last weekend trump claim that our leadership wouldn't be around much longer and hence at last he declared a war no country or do you like the

thank you and i want to bring you more on our top story this hour u.s. president donald trump has signed a new executive order ramping up sanctions on north korea the latest measure designed to stop junk pursuing its nuclear missile program the order specifically helps the u.s. to target people companies and banks financing and facilitating trade with pyongyang north korea's textiles fishing i.t. and manufacturing industries are among those targeted as well trump praised china for ordering banks to stop doing business with north korea meanwhile the european union has agreed on a draft sanctions package of its own against north korea including a ban on investments and exports of oil. a new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that funds north korea's efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to human kind the order in hand says the treasury department's authorities to target any individual or entity that conduct significant trade in goods services or technology with north korea and i'm very proud to tell you that as you may have just heard moments ago china their ce

his threat of fire and fury. today president trump's threats include trade, saying the u.s. could cut ties to any countries doing business with north korea, and that would include china, which would make it a very difficult task. and north korea's nuclear tests drawing condemnation from around the world and minutes ago we learned the united nations security council will discuss this tomorrow. our correspondents are in place around the globe. the white house has already issued a statement saying -- "the national security team is monitoring this closely. the president and his national security team will have to have a meeting to discuss further, all of it further today." we will provide updates as necessary. cnn athena jones is live at the white house. begin with you, athena. what more are we hearing about the president's agenda today and this issue? >> reporter: hi, dprfred. we know the president's national security team is closely monitoring the issue, learned that from the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. you put up on the screen the people among the many offic

steps up its threats against the u.s. pyongyang's foreign minister tells the un an attack on the u.s. mainland is not inevitable this after u.s. bombers and fighter just fly near north korea in an unprecedented show of force against isolated state also coming up. with germany's election just hours away chancellor angela merkel makes a last minute push for votes she has a strong lead in the polls but with a main challenger martin schultz a distant second all eyes are on which party will come. and iran says it has launched a new missile a new ballistic missile that can carry multiple warheads over two thousand kilometers is a sign of defiance against the u.s. . welcome to the program the u.s. has flown ball most close to north korea's east coast and what the pentagon called a demonstration of its military options in the face of threats the u.s. said the fight flight went to the furthest north of the dividing line between the two koreas but any u.s. fighter jet has flown this century the show of force comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries over pyongyang's nuclear prog

buddies in beijing it seems but will china and the u.s. crack the north korea crisis the u.s. secretary of state gets a warm welcome from his chinese counterpart to find out what chance they have of bringing kim jong un's rogue state to heel also coming up. confrontation in catalonia as the independence referendum approaches catalonians is this the vote will go ahead there occupying polling stations to make sure madrid's police do not close them down. and in the bundesliga vanda women and how borgs inability to school has cost them points can't deny financial stocks life into their tax. money welcome to the program growing tension between the u.s. and north korea is at the top of the agenda in meetings between chinese officials and u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson to listen is in beijing for talks with his chinese counterparts and with president xi jinping the u.s. views china as crucial to attempts to stop north korea developing nuclear weapons china has strong economic ties with pyongyang accounting for around ninety percent of its foreign trade. and for more let's bri

april before the french election and the levels we reached before the u.s. election last november. those are the brexit levels we saw in june last year. that puts it in perspective. europe's fear gauge. index, given what is happening with the north korea story. this highlights the fact that money is moving into fixed income securities. last tuesday when north korea fired the missile over japan, we had the german 10 year yield falling to the lowest level in two months. yields over the entire week last week were little changed. on july 13, the high. highest since january last year. apart from north korea tensions, investors looking ahead to thursday's ecb meeting. that is the big event this week. when it comes to currencies, money is moving into the haven currencies today. theng into the swiss franc, yen. look at the function on the bloomberg, rising eight of its 10, rising against all 10. according to the market slide contributors, the prospects for a clean resolution in north korea look slim. there is a risk for yen, pushing 108.13.ard this high of --h a move could's trigger could

the united states and whether the u.s. will recommit to the terms of the agreement. this discussion was held yesterday by the atlantic council. >> okay. thank you, those who came this morning. thank you for staying. thank everyone else who has just arrived. i'm barbara slaven. i direct the future of iran initiative here at the atlantic council. we just had a really fascinating discussion with the e-3 ambassadors and the eu ambassador about the iran nuclear deal. and the challenges that are currently being presented to it from the united states. so we're now going to look at the attitudes of the region toward the iran nuclear deal. we're going to examine whether there is support, strong support for the agreement, reservations about the agreement, concerns about u.s. policy or support for u.s. policy on the part of some of the main regional players. and i'm really delighted. i have three fabulous panelists to discuss these issues. first, we're going to hear from hussein, senior resident scholar at, forgive me, iranians, the arab gulf states institute in washington. arab gulf states. >

tank no i thought this time on the edges iraq. in the war of words between the u.s. and north korea no sign that either side is willing to back down. i'm sam is a than this is a lie from the coming up. celebrations anetta balan across iraq in kurdistan by the way forward for iran's kurds remains unclear. to me i've got a daughter she will have to live in this world the route between the u.s. president and american professional athletes continues. past we look at how the anti immigration a.f.d. party gained a foothold in the german parliament. north korea's foreign minister is accusing the us president of the clarion war he says his country now has the right to shoot down american warplanes the accusation is in response to a tweet by donald trump that north korea's leader ship quote won't be around for much longer if it continues its rhetoric on diplomatic editor james pace has more. as he left his hotel heading out of new york north korea's foreign minister really young ho addressed reporters with a statement that further ramps up the tension with the u.s. . last weekend trump claim th

of the war mongering of the governments of the of the day and of course in the u.s. this constant shifting of the level of terror threats is used as a part of the political theater surrounding this whole war on terrorism and everything that goes with this one presumes from the if they've reduced the terror threat than they've they've got reason to do that but of course we don't necessarily always trust the government sells about these things the capitals may in the past have said been living with the threat of terrorism is something londoners just have to accept. you won't succeed but you want to fight us we will be cowed by terrorists. you will see over the next few days i mean creased number of. across london. the attempts to divide as much countless acts of kindness that brought people closer together. and. they continue to be visible patrols around manchester which include the deployment of armed officers. that is will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days no reason to be a long. road but. we need to take. that as we'll see an increase

. then the u.s., which were devastated by irma. survivors say nearly everything was lost. water, ice, electricity, close for children, diapers, food, all of that is using insulin because there is nothing. amy: we will speak with award-winning virgin islands writer tiphanie yanique. then to south asia, where more than 1300 people have died and more thahan 40 millionon have bn impacted in some of the worst flooding to hit the region in decades. >> if our demands are not fulfilled, what should we do gekko we have to speak in the side of the road, die on the side of the road, we have nothing. we don't have a house. nothing to you. we don't have food to eat. everything was swept away by the floods. amy: we will go to kathmandu, nepal. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to demococracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. north korea fired a ballllistic missile across nororthern japan friday, just days after the u.n. security council approved a new round of sanctions against the north kokorean regime. the intermediate-range missile triggered air raid sire

congress should combine initial aid relief with an increase in the u.s. debt ceiling, saying lawmakers need to put politics aside to ensure the victims of harvey get the help they need. it is intended to avoid a standoff that could rattle the markets. repeatedlychin has said congress must raise the debt ceiling by september 29. the nafta talks resume in mexico city monday. the u.s. and canada want better wages and conditions for mexican workers and to reduce the number of people heading north and to limit the incentive to companies relocating south. mexican workers earned roughly a quarter of their counter rights in the u.s. there it president trump has threatened to quit nafta and let the other two partners agree to a major overhaul. expectsbloomberg survey mario draghi to address the strength of the euro later this week. he declined to mention the issue at jackson hole last week. two thirds of a, said he would do so thursday. it presents ecb officials with the challenge and understanding why the point eu economy has failed to generate inflation. global news 24 hours a day powered by

contrast to actions the u.s. and its allies have taken since the nuclear tests the u.s. south korea and japan are looking to exercise military options while here in sherman putin reached out to japanese president. urging a diplomatic solution and we spoke with russia's deputy foreign minister here who said that this military pressure has failed in the past it's a very delicate moment old responsibility restrained these needed on the old party is having said that once again we deplore the illegal tests of missile technology rocket missile launches of nuclear device. by north korea as the bric summit wraps up here in sherman eyes turn to lot of us up russia where putin will be meeting with south korean president at the eastern economic forum that's wednesday and thursday north korea is also sending a delegation to the conference no word yet on whether the north and south plan to hold talks there as well reporting from china cmon dollars ario. the u.n. security council. met this week to discuss uncertainties circulating out of pyongyang but as our. reports sunk claim leader kim jong un's m

♪ >> begging for war. the u.s. says the strongest possible sanctions on north korea are appropriate to end its nuclear ambitions. >> the yen and gold rising further on food -- renewed tensions. pyongyang may be preparing another icbm launch. struggling.still >> bitcoin tumbling after china declares initial coin offerings illegal. >> hello from sydney where it is just past 8:00 a.m. betty: it is just after 6:00 p.m. on this labor day holiday in new york. the top story today, the tensions that continue to rise after north korea's nuclear test over the weekend. the u.s. calling for the strongest possible sanctions on pyongyang, saying kim jong-un's regime is begging for war. that is from nikki haley, u.s. ambassador to the u.n. this is expected to be a holiday weekend. it has been anything but for the president and his aides. spoke to trump' his south korean counterpart hours after the test by north korea. what came out of that conversation? >> they made a couple of agreements. the president agreed to support south korea putting larger warheads on its ballistic missiles. what thegreed

mistake. the u.s. virgin islands doesn't have its own president. the people who live there are u.s. citizens subject to u.s. law and part of the united states. just like any other state or territory that makes up this country. which means even though we have been slow to get reports out of the u.s. virgin islands, now that we're getting them, we're recognizing what we need to do. this is our american humanitarian crisis on st. john and st. thomas. our american citizens without food and water and power and shelter tonight. governor of the u.s. virgin islands is kenneth map. he told his citizens this weekend to brace for a long road

grammy's. president putin says russia could take the u.s. to court over washington's closure of russian diplomatic compound. ministry to go to court see how well the highly praised should issue system in the u.s. work. washington calls for the toughest possible measures against north korea saying the country is begging for war that's what all the russia and china seek to deescalate tensions on the peninsula. as the syrian army backed by russia moves to within a few kilometers of ice build stronghold in the more we look at the recent battles to retake this city for the first time in three years. and staying in the middle east r.t. speaks to exclusively to the deputy chief of the lebanese military group hezbollah and his battle against terrorists in syria. there is eleven am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me becky aaron good to have you with us. russia could take the u.s. to court over the situation with diplomatic properties in san francisco new york and washington d.c. president putin mentions the option while speaking to the media at the bric summit in china

two thousand times the level which would trigger an emergency the u.s. environmental protection agency has warned residents of not to come into contact with the water or to eat fish caught in the area. german police are searching for a man who slipped a lethal poison into food products on sale in southern germany including baby food police say the alleged perpetrator sent an e-mail threatening to poison more products across germany and elsewhere in europe unless he was paid millions of euros. tensions are running high in spain over cattle long as plans to hold an independence referendum a spanish government says the vote is illegal and won't go ahead but come on leaders insist they've got everything in place and the people's voices will be heard i'm sara hermann in berlin this is the day. the carter miska no matter how much they intimidate us no matter how many times they say they will not give us the keys to classrooms or that schools won't be open there is a generation growing up in our country that adds to this new with georgie that want to vote in catalonia the name of the y

literally. want other true colors of universities in the u.s. . hey there i'm lindsey francis in broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight we've got a tax reform blueprint to talk about one day after the health care defeat on capitol hill also china loves oil and it might be in love with u.s. shale gas we've got a full report on that coming right up and the c.e.o. of this scandal ridden credit monitoring company equifax walked away with a massive pension after i had exposed the data of one hundred forty three million americans happen my gas explains how consumers can fight back down by the us start right now. it is tax reform time as health care stood dead in the water on capitol hill tuesday senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said it himself where we go from here is tax reform fast forward twenty four hours and we've got our hands on a first edition blueprint of how the republicans plan to build that reform if nine pages long and it's called the unified framework for fixing our broken tax code top line item income tax of course under current law as it stands

north korea after pyongyang's latest nuclear tests. now we've learned the u.s. and south korea will look to deploy military assets including bombers. we are live in seoul. >>> president trump will propose ending protections for undocumented immigrants who came to the united states as children. could congress give dreamers another chance? >>> could billions in recovery funds for harvey victims be tied to raising the nation's debt limit? the treasury secretary says yes. >>> good morning, and welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm alex marquardt. top defense officials are responding to north korea's biggest nuclear test yet with a blunt warning. defense secretary mattis advising any threat by pyongyang against the u.s. or its allies could draw what he called a massive military response. mattis' warning came after a meeting with the president, vice president, and top national security advisers. mattis said, "our commitments among allies are ironclad." >> any threat to the united states or its territories, including guam or our allies, will be met with a massive military resp

says the u.s. has flown a mission in international airspace over the waters east of north korea. the u.s. says it's the farthest demilitarized join, fighter orerican bomber has flown in this century. dana white says in a statement that the mission shows how seriously the u.s. takes what she calls north korea's reckless behavior. she says we are prepared to use the full range of military capabilities to defend the u.s. homeland and our allies. today, we heard from north korea's foreign minister inthe u.n. general assembly new york city. he spoke about the country's nuclear program and its relations with the united states. here are his remarks. >> i will now give the floor to of theency riyong ho, people's republic of north korea. >> mr. president, first of all, me to congratulate your election asn your the president of the 72nd of the united nations' general assembly. i look forward to a successful outcome under your able guidance. before going into the main points in my debate, i feel make comments on the speech uttered four days ago by called the u.s. president that renders thi

threat of a possible missile attack on the u.s. mainland. his remarks are just over 20 minutes. floor to now give the his excellency ri yong ho, minister for foreign affairs of the democratic people's republic of korea. >> mr. president, first of all, you one to congratulate your election as the president of this 72nd session of the united nations general assembly. i look forward to successful andomes of the presentation your able guidance. before going into the main points in my debate, i will -- feel forced to make comments on the speech offered four days ago by someone called the u.s. president that record this -- rendered the sacred u.n. arena tainted it since trump uttered words,ckless and violent provoking the supreme dignity of -- democratic republican democratic people's republic of korea, i think it is fair enough for me to make a response in the corresponding tone. during his eight months in power, he has turned the white lace into a noisy market -- and now, heof has tried to turn the u.n. arena into a gangster's nest where bloodshed is the order of the day. the absurd reali

its airline business in what some fear could be the start of a trade war with the u.s. plus, we'll have an exclusive report tonight on the fight against al-shabaab in somalia. civilians are paying a heavy price in the struggle to defeat jihadists on top of the hardships of 30 years of civil war. brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have with you us. tonight, iraq is faced with the question of how to keep the country together after kurds in the north of the country voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence. kurdish authorities say over 92% of kurds backed independence in a referendum held on monday but iraq's central government in baghdad refuses to respect the results and has threatened sanctions against the kurds. that could put them on a collision course with a newly confident nation in waiting. >> there were euphoric scenes among iraq's kurds after the official results were announced. kurdish authorities said that with a 73% voter turnout, the poll was a resounding success. translator: at this historic moment i want to congratate you on the success of the referendum on kurdis

success. last year, a lengthy article was published titled "incurable disease," which dealt with u.s. bank failures. moscow was saying 40 million americans were "literally starving," while a select group of capitalist continued to get richer. moscow celebrated the fourth of july last year by assuring viewers that "america is the quintessence of an unjust capitalist system that keeps millions of families living below the official poverty line." the unemployed are described as being deprived of the right to work, while moscow television shows film of locked factory gates and people being evicted from their homes. the message is the capitalist system in america is unfair and is, in fact, a failure at providing for basic human needs or maintaining continued national growth. this broadly distorted statement is aimed at convincing the soviet people that soviet communism works much better by providing economic security for them. the u.s. economy, as described by the soviet media, is being driven by rating militarism. defense spending is reported to be the cause of unemployment in civilian i

calls into question the u.s.'s future an influence in asia. the book "asia's reckoning" calls into question these powers. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. it is terrific to be here. jeff: you talk a lot about the concept of americana. is it over? >> it is not over yet. asiaericana in east shows america as the dominant power since the second world war and the policymaking power. let me give you an example. it is quite remarkable that 70 years after the war the u.s. still has troops in south korea. it still has troops in japan. it has troops in australia. it has facilities in thailand, singapore, the philippines and the like. interwoven set of security guarantees that the u.s. provides for east asia and has provided for 70 years. i guess linked up up with the economic system the u.s. has built since the second world war and built along with europe, which is basically built around open markets and rules. the rules of the road. portrayed, for security. that is tax americana. jeff: we are 100 removed years from world war i. >> this is the legacy of world u.s.i, the legacy of

evening is one of the for most authorities in washington on u.s.-iranian relations. we should be in for a very timely and interesting discussion. he's also one of the strongest advocates of dialogue and engagement between the united states and iran. trita parsi heads the national iranian-american council, which is a nonprofit organization which he founded to facilitate participation by irann-americans in american signature -- civic life in and in washington it's the third larger group of iranianed in the united states, the first two being northern and southern california threat to's own interest in -- trita's own interest any iran is personal. he was born there although he left with his parents when we was four years old and greeds up in sweden and arrived in the united states as an adult, but iran has remained a focus of his studies and work. his ph.d thesis at johns hopkins dealt with iranian-israeli relations and became the basis for his first book, published a decade ago, treacherous alliance, about secret dealings among iran, israel and the united states. his second book, a single ro

deployment of u.s. defensive missile launch pads. president trump is not ruling out a preventative strike. that has set off a new round of threats from north korea state-run media agency. every time the u.s. goes crazy talking about sanctions and war our will of vengeance will become hundred and thousand times stronger. provoke us as you wish. with our nuclear strategic weapons we will eradicate the land of the u.s. with no trace left on earth. let begin with will ripley, who joins us from tokyo. let me begin with you, will. you have been to north korea 14 times. you returned from your latest visit this weekend. what is your take on this rhetoric and the recent escalation following what they say is a hydrogen bomb test? >> well, that statement that you just read, poppy, also included yet another threat of the u.s. territory of guam. south korean intelligence say they are observing activity in north korea that leads them to indicate that north korea will fire some kind of ballistic missile possibly before saturday, a major national holiday, foundation day in north korea. south korea

takes aim at president trump's policies, saying the u.s. economy would be growing much faster if the administration got its act together. >> ask any of new this audience what have regulations done they're crippling businesses small business formation in this country, the united states of america, is less in a major recovery by 500,000 businesses >>> embrace new opportunities. that's the message from european commission president jean-claude juncker as he strikes a bullish tone in his state of the union address. >> the wind is back in the sails. we have now a window of opportunity, but it will not stay open forever. >>> welcome, everyone. let's look at the energy complex. the oil market has coped well with the busy hurricane season that's the message from the international energy agency. in its new report, the iea said crude prices were settling after recent severe weather. it added that investor sentiment pointed towards tightening markets and an expectation that oil prices will rise modestly. let's bring in neil atkinson, head of the oil industry and markets division at the iea. lov

japanese officers talked about the future of japan's military and efforts to strengthen the u.s.-japan alliance, cybersecurity. the discussion is an hour and a half. >>> good morning. welcome. this is the annual event that japan program hosts to invite strategic thinkers in japan to whom we often don't get to listen to here in washington. and this year, i am extremely honored to have these three self-defense members. they have taught me so many things in the ten, 15 years that i've nope th i've known them. so i'm very glad they've agreed to come to washington and talk to us this morning. you have the detailed bio in your seats. but i have quickly, to my might left, to your right, is general iwata. and next to him is admiral takei. and the far end of the podium, lieutenant general hironaka. they are here to explain the importance of the self-defense forces. and we will listen to what they have in mind about future, japan's defense posture. before i start i'm a director of japan program here. i'm yuk ey i'm yukie tatsumi. this event could not have happened without a lot of the sponsors a

fifteen the u.s. the west of all watched and wanted the intervention to be unsuccessful would have wanted these efforts against i feel to be undermined but we're looking at this two years on from that syria with the russians a ford has absolutely obliterated isis in many of these areas from power mirror to certain to their resort and essentially we're facing now the end of isis in syria and this is been done without western support and without any western assistance in fact the west of actually attempted to handed out of the targeted there as odom the syrian military there are more than one occasion so from a strategic perspective this is one of the largest victories against isis are. probably say along with most o. in the previous year for sure what we're hearing from the russian defense ministry this afternoon who believe now that the war against syria will soon be over that's not overstepping the mark i mean wholesale defeat of isis on the cards pretty shortly. i mean certainly would not be premature to actually say that isis is almost finished in syria with the retaking of cert

point of u.s. missile launches. syrian government forces prepare for the next stage of their liberation offensive in. talks to the commander of the troops spent three years besieged by isis in the city and also to come the potential chancellor merkel's party sets out a clear and the refugee stance just two weeks before germany's elections when the parent attempt to win over from the anti migrant. from moscow you're watching. in a rare interview with international media seen in north korean official has said america is undermining efforts to end hostilities on the potential. the u.s. neglects the international community's will stablished peace on the korean peninsula pyongyang will brutality against attempts to impose sanctions and pressure from washington with powerful council measures would deeply condemn the leaders of south korea and japan for using the eastern economic forum for their own clean political purposes their attacks on our self defense of means strengthening the hydrogen capabilities of north korea clearly diverged from the goals of the forum where we discuss t

last month and. we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea u.s. president donald trump takes a north korea and iran in his first address to the u.n. calling them the scourge of our planet plus. a shot. the film picked as the best picture of the year in israel is denounced by the country's culture minister we'll tell you why. a magnitude seven point one earthquake has killed at least two hundred twenty six people in central next. more than half of that number were in the capital it was centered in puebla one hundred twenty kilometers south of mexico city and caused damage across four states in the capital the quake toppled buildings including a school where twenty two bodies have been recovered diane estabrook reports. in mexico city survivors pick through buildings reduced to piles of broken concrete and dust searching for survivors the people they found were quickly carried away on stretchers eighty six kilometers south of voc up parts of a road collapsed military trucks sped to the town center to help search for victims in several collapsed buildings. president

accuses the u.s. of hindering efforts to end the simmering hostilities on the korean peninsula the comment was made in a rare interview regional economic forum in russia also. dozens are injured in clashes with police inside korea in protest against the point of u.s. launchers also ahead this hour. syrian government forces prepare for the next stage of their liberation offensive in parts he talks to the city's governor said billion suffering. states each. a potential ally of chancellor merkel's party said to clear refugee stunts just two weeks before germany's elections in an apartment attempt to win over votes in the migrant. from right around the world this hour welcome to moscow and to r.t. international i'm going to have your company our top story this hour in a rare interview with international media a senior north korean official has said washington is undermining efforts to end hostilities on the pinch. the u.s. neglects the international community's will to stablish peace on the korean peninsula young gang will retaliate against attempts to impose sanctions and pressure fro

for anyone right now are people in puerto rico still hopeful that the u.s. government is going to provide aid to them. oh yeah i think most people feel the u.s. this partly responsible for what happens is. possible for them. no responsible for what happens in the going terms that we are america. and also because. the recall is you know a us territory a colony of the us. a lot of what has happened because of the here and cain is just. the worst part of a crises that we have been living for the best eleven years ago and economic crises . were lots of people have come have migrated from. us of people have lost their jobs. we have been living a very good on the situation for the past eleven years so now with the here and maria. it's just it's like. the turning point for or for the situation. so thank god otherwise. yeah definitely definitely and transfer response to hurricane relief in puerto rico has been controversial what is the feeling toward him at the moment in puerto rico. and frankly i i think that most of the people don't even know he will be here in a few days because they d

efforts to end hostilities on the peninsula. the u.s. neglect. communities will stablished peace on the korean peninsula gang will brutality against attempts to impose sanctions and pressure from washington with powerful counter measures with deeply condemn the leaders of south korea and japan for using the eastern economic forum for their own clean political purposes their attacks on our self defense of means strengthening the hydrogen capabilities of north korea clearly diverged from the goals of the forum where we discuss the topic simply k'naan the corporation. always the head of the north korean delegation speaking at the eastern economic forum in russia's far east our correspondent daniel hawkins is there and reports now on how the crisis talks dominated the if it . north korean delegation the riving giving a speech just in the central hall to my left was very much something people waiting for those a big media scramble to hear what they had to say quote particularly taking a strong uncompromising position saying their development of the nuclear program was something that was

independence referendum while the region's president turns on the e.u. . u.s. officials backtracked on claims that russian hackers targeted voting systems in the state of wisconsin admitting that there's no evidence. and capitalizing on the career crisis the japanese prime minister moves for a snap election as his handling of the situation since his regime saw we look at the stakes in. a way for me in the team here at r.t. headquarters in moscow my name's called embrace your world news this hour at ten am here syria's ambassador to the u.n. has accused the united states of trying to take credit for the operation to retake the city of the air it's all for myself the u.s. coalition and rebel militias they support halted their operation in iraq which was a stronghold of eisel and through their forces behind trying to push the syrian army out of dairies or as if the americans were competing with the syrian government over control of terrorists or instead of fighting ice and rock. the remaining terrorists india and so are now surrounded by both the syrian army and u.s. backed kurdish forces

this is look because. the u.s. and north korea continue their war of words cooler minds press for diplomacy and negotiations how much of a threat is north korea to the border and why. a u.s. state department faces them all put questions over the seizure of russian diplomatic property. warble diplomatic protocol i do you know where i don't know if you all want to fly today or what but i remember. russia's planned military drills and other routes calls up for among western politicians to whether there's any basis to the widespread panic. and honesty international accuses bahrain of mass torture and a crackdown against its government's critics but human rights group also blames the u.s. and the u.k. for ignoring the problem. is a darting international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital i'm lucky aaron good to have you with us out the u.s. state department has been facing a grilling over this seizure of the russian consulate in san francisco as it appears our t.v. is becoming synonymous with uncomfortable questions of during the media briefings. more people writing prog

history is expected to close by the third quarter of 2018. the u.s. house of representatives will vote wednesday on a hurricane harvey that will contain language aimed at staving off a default on government debt. republican leaders are for now the bowing to the demands of the and conservative members, won't combined registration, which would raise the u.s. debt ceiling. the bill would provide almost $8 billion in aid. and mexican president have pledged to defend multilateral free trade after meeting on the sidelines of the summit in china. told xipena nieto jinping that nafta had promoted growth, competition, and prosperity in north america. however, bloomberg is told the latest round of talks is nearing conclusion without any major breakthroughs or new agreements. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm haslinda amin, this is bloomberg. rishaad: let's revisit north korea. lifeline may be at risk as tensions escalate after its latest nuclear test. trump calling for the highest possible sanctions. here is our chief a

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evil. over the years, the u.s. became more involved in the negotiations, but the european role has remained crucial. and now, with the jcpoa increasingly challenged as the ambassador said from washington, rather than iran, it may be up to the europeans again to save the deal, and if possible, build on it. so we are delighted that we have today with us four extraordinary diplomats, many of whom have a lot of personal experience dealing with this issue. i'm going to introduce them in alphabetical order. i see jetta has appeared. the ambassador of france to the united states, a career diplomat. he has graced us with his presence in washington for three years now. he previously held numerous positions within the ministry of foreign affairs, among them ambassador to israel, france's permanent represent to the u.n., and the french negotiator on the iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. sir kim derrick presented his credentials in january 2016, just after the jcpoa went into full implementation. and his career spans three decades, has been primarily focused on national security issues

. we look forward to the witness views as well as your views on how the u.s. can most effectively use its leverage to contain the alarming danger north korea presents. i reserve my time. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from washington. >> thank you for the time. thank you all for convening this important hearing. responding effectively to north korea's provocation will require a variety of tools. we have jurisdiction over sanctions opinion i believe it's important that we always keep the broader picture in mind as we work to perfect the discussion draft which has been put forward today. a regime that relies on force to stay in power. sanctions are make further north korean advances slower and more costly giving more times to other policy tools to work. i look forward to hearing from our distinguished witnesses about how this proposed draft fits into a larger strategy. my constituents in the south puget sound includes the service members are counting on us to respond to this crisis in a responsible manner. so too are our allies like south korea and japan. we cannot afford to fai

one thing. up next, a conversation on the relationship between the u.s. and south korea. we would hear from stephanie murphy who serves on the armed services committee. congresswoman murphy was critical of the president's him of his other comments on north korea. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this conference. >> thank you all for coming to the strategic form. we would like to thank our event, thankhis you for the support. we are happy to have richard armitage here today to get some opening remarks. before i introduce them, i would like to say a few words about safety here at csi asked. we go there secure in our -- csi s. lins.me is lisa col i will serve as your response will safety officer for this event. though your eyes yourself with the emergency exits in the back of the room on the right and on the left. to introduce our first two speakers, ambassador richard armitage is the president of armitage international. it was formerly the deputy secretary of state and secretary of defense for east asia and civic affairs in the office of the secretary of def