Hello there good morning its 11 oclock here in moscow youre watching international now the chief negotiator for the u. S. And peace talks with the taliban is to testify before Congress Amid questions over president Donald Trumps decision to end discussions with the terror group meanwhile the taliban has to return to the negotiating table in an exclusive interview with r. T. I do the we. Work hard but we are still committed to the ignitions recently that i would start our policy from this very minute of the start of. This most aleutian for of one conflict except because its a piece on the table so we dont. Want the. Spirit come back to what we were just. After the fact if youre going to go there go the taliban regularly conduct terrorist attacks across afghanistan in the latest incident at least 4 afghan troops were killed and 3 injured when a taliban suicide car bomber hit a military base in southern couple on thursday trump ended almost a year of negotiations with the taliban last sunday when theyd met it killing a u. S. Serviceman to quote strengthen their bargaining position but i guess the looks now at how the talks fell apart. Just days ago they stood on the brink of a breakthrough the beginning of the end of the afghan war and it all collapsed and it was too good to be true the talks with the taliban are dead. And the taliban refused to attend talks with trump wanting a deal 1st trump killed off negotiations citing an american soldier killed by islamists in afghanistan and i put it to the taliban how do you expect trump to talk negotiate with you when you are killing his troops as you speak. So this is a. Negotiation mr barak his followers that he. Doesnt bother about so if. Thousands of us. Why we cannot kill one of the other so with this to go away he would have 3 different i would simply have to different people who look different in north of people of other somewhere over there but really what i really want to do we have to defend our people the way the taliban see it theyre defending themselves in their country fighting against a Foreign Occupation and for every american soldier they kill tens of their fighters and civilians are killed in by the us they said this isnt a war they won they say isnt a war they can win by force but they wont and cant give up the what is it was last. American soldiers there you know understand its not only a minute of the soldiers are going to be in washington they are never there was one of us but still we. Propose were keen to bring peace and i want some through the system but unfortunately i need to retrieve some sort of finality even if it was cancelled by the american side of science and done a lot of consideration which was which took. His or her mr vance are going to some of the characters that have broken such a peace treaty and 2 terms in a bout of almost all of that it would have broken the peace treaty so the us committed we want peace in afghanistan we wanted to give a serious message for the foreign troops is to go from afghanistan so if the other side also who. Is this he wants he wants the city and the what is the what is important for us we have the different forces there if the american side is not really and it was usually who did not want peace on the day it will so all that we would be compared to defend ourselves i would never do this for a movie is what hurt the most the taliban had negotiated told me is how close they were to a deal i seized the details had been worked out. The fine print sorted and approved the need for everything to collapse where there was a discussion on the debate is over when you know theyre going to decide that its to do. A ceasefire between us and American Forces and well get a city by city that we can force of the route and one over the internet when we wish it was so far and a good deal of it was years of that the ceasefire committed. And i could have succes but also other donors that dont think issues can be discussed there as things stand talks for now over the war will go on the killing will go on with trump already boasting that hes hitting the taliban with his pavement dead in fewer we have been serving as policeman in afghanistan and that was not meant to be the job of our great soldiers the finest on earth over the last 4 days we have been hitting our enemy harder than at any time in the last 10 years until that is common sense prevails and the us goes back to what everyone in washington knows is inevitable talks negotiations with the taliban when u. S. Politicians have been arguing about americas role in afghanistan for years and it was a key issue in thursday nights the democratic debate. Where doing right now in afghanistan is not helping the safety and security of the United States because the problems in afghanistan are not problems that can be solved by a military we have got to put an end to and less war one thing weve learned about afghanistan from afghanistan its that the best way not to be caught up in endless war is to avoid starting one in the 1st when we came to you know office to brock turned the president tournaments ajo when they said we had a plan to get out he turned to the whole security. Joe will organize this get the troops home the big mistake that was may which we predicted was that you would not have a circumstance where the shia and the kurds would Work Together to keep isis from coming from moving in a huge mistake and one of the big differences between you and me i never believed what cheney and bush said about iraq youre right there is no war in iraq. And helped lead the opposition. And its been a kind of you know how the feeling that they would be massive destabilization in that area if we went into that war. Well the 1st run is that clash over several issues but recently there has been one topic theyve agreed on an asshole position to fracking with some even calling for a complete ban the process involves drilling deep into the ground to recover natural gas and oil with critics saying it is dangerous and bad for the environment top us democrat share these fees to you. As the story. The usa is now the worlds top the Oil Exporting Country check out these words from the International Energy agency shale production has allowed the u. S. To close in on and briefly overtake saudi arabia as the worlds top oil exporter President Trump says that this is a huge achievement hes ready to celebrate success becoming more and more energy dominant i dont want to be energy free we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world but not everyone shares Donald TrumpsEnergy Market enthusiasm in fact most of the people who want to run against him in the 2020 alexion want to outlaw the practice of hydraulic fracking thats the reason the usa has so much oil and gas any proposal to avert the Climate Crisis must include a full fracking ban on public and private lands. On my 1st day as president i will sign an executive order that puts a total moratorium on own you fossil fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands and i will ban fracking everywhere its not just the left progressives youve got the centrist come all the harris theres no question im in favor of banning fracking so at this point roughly 59 percent of americas oil is extracted from the shale so if you outlawed the practice of hydraulic fracking you would knock down the oil sector of the u. S. Economy pretty hard the same for natural gas now check out this headline. Kremlin kemal or harris and other democrats are embracing Vladimir Putins preferred u. S. Energy policy the new Conspiracy Theory even went viral on twitter many in fracking and use of natural gas would do more damage to america and make lead to more prudent heavier than anything donald trump has ever said or done so good job democrats youre being pro russia and program wind by wanting to ban natural gas of course the senator isnt the only 2020 democrat calling for this from russia with love ban on fracking the most reliable of k. G. B. Useful idiots Bernie Sanders is even clearer that this notion that opposition to hydraulic fracking is all a big plot from moscow is nothing new in fact weve even heard it from the halls of the u. S. Congress we have seen evidence of campaigns targeting. An energy as 2 to. Industries of interest to foreign powers on energy weve seen anti fracking narratives so it seems like nowadays the only way to really play it safe in american politics is to find out what the wider we are putting once and do the exact opposite so lets hope that the russian president doesnt talk about say fixing up americas crumbling roads and bridges or addressing the opioid epidemic. R. T. New york. Ny or in the u. K. A cartoon fireman has been criticised for failing to keep up with modern equality standards the classic childrens t. V. Character has been axed from his job as a mascot from a local brigade after bosses that said he could discourage women from joining. His friends need him more than ever. Sam the phone to the rescue team managed to save the day. Stead in 1987 is not a mason about firefighters in the small welsh village since then hes been widely used to promote safety and services across the u. K. But now it seems his time is up in some parts at least as aussies party boyko he explains. Generations of kids may have grown up with him but legendary childrens t. V. Show character fireman sam needs to get with the times thats according to the lincolnshire fire and rescue service for years he was their mascot helping to recruit new fina fighters bots now lincolnshire fire and rescue service say that fineman sound is outdated and noninclusive and hes putting off potential female recruit firefighters nationally and residents locally have raised some concerns that firemen some doesnt reflect the fire Service Today in terms of both the job itself and our workforce its important to us that our open days and Community Events dont think anyone feel excluded and therefore we took this decision lincolnshire chief fire officer. Fired fireman sam has been getting where you stayed for it duration does a great job for you as a one writing life as a one to write this knowing its not acting you should do is to follow yourself and it is a leaf im a sahm alone this isnt the 1st time that fireman sam has been in hot water many argue that while the show is politically correct and features plenty of female characters it should be renamed to firefighter. No i think you got it right i think its just somebody taking it to consider and stickery really and i think come quite happy with what it is he is the epitome of straight. To my mind. May not be terribly appealing to people who want to be. Firemen however if youre to be a farmer you should want to know. Why didnt you just stick to the basics and enjoy and get back to the basics so we might have a nicer place to live. Very very happy to have him renamed firefighters and 1st some to then become a non gender specific person over here but why not some sort of gender specific name but street ok sir yes now most amount yes exactly exactly they could be put in because no rubbish it could be so just do. It was just a childrens cart to take meetings to fogs that used under another british cartoon icon peppa pig was recently but rated by none other then the london fire brigade whose head is by the way a woman for featuring an episode where mommy pig pretended to be a fire man and not a fire fighter mummy pig is dressed as a fireman a player like. Im going to the mummys fire engine practice come on peppa pig weve not been firemen for 30 years you have a huge influence on kids and using out of date stereotypical gender specific wording prevents young girls from becoming firefighters join our Fire Fighting sexism Campaign Women make up just 5. 2 percent of firefighters in england and with that in mind lincolnshire fire and rescue service have come up with 3 original new characters to help attract more diverse recruits that anthropomorphise sized fire extinguishes freddy failed but and penelope. That was pretty boy has made for 5000. 00 arrests its part of kashmir since last month well have a look at that story in more detail just after the break. Oh. There are growing indications the wests anti russias stance may be softening a case in point is the recent visit. And defense minister or take for example the New York Times editorial calling on trying to better relations with the kremlin as a way to block china an important question remains can moscow trust the west and. The tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been fully implement. Things are different were going to announce sanctions against a. Couple of moments. That at. The. Top of the whos story makes. Henry kissinger. Not be tolerated in latin america. Terms of economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. Economy scream so once in a. Come back now nearly 4000. 00 people have been arrested in indian administered kashmir since new delhi revoked its special status last month thats according to Government Data the master tensions do come amid ongoing clashes between the local population and Indian Security forces over half of those arrested have been released although hundreds of local politicians and pro separatists activists do remain in detention india says its committed to establishing full Constitutional Order in kashmir and accuses pakistan of stirring up unrest my government is taking affirmative actions by adopting progressive policies to promote social economic equality and justice these progressive policies will now be free applicable to our citizens in Jammu And Kashmir and no doubt these are sovereign decisions entirely internal to india now country can accept interference in its been done with affairs certainly not india. Pakistan needs to stop interfering in indias affairs it needs to stop exporting to india the minute that stops normalcy the problem today has been created because of pakistans qualities of a 1000 cuts to be able to stand as a knowledge of the world or the global terrorism pakistan needs to back off all indian state are not the only issue that happens isnt just me because pakistan is the immediate me were the trouble but the minute pakistan is out of that nation robert stop. Here and r. T. We have talked exclusively to the pakistani Prime Minister imran khan about the situation in kashmir. It couldnt get any worse. What they have what they are doing what the b. G. P. Government is doing in kashmir is not only have they violated the International Law the the United Nations resolution the other Bilateral Agreement between pakistan and india the similar agreement thats been violated they have gone against their own constitution the Indian Constitution guaranteed the people in kashmir a special status that status has been taken away they have actually gone against what the Founding Fathers of india pandit nehru narrowed the 1st Prime Minister what they had promised to the people of kashmir theyve gone against that what weve. Is that. This is governed b. G. P. Government is now going to use force. We fear that there will be oppression unprecedented already as i said 370200000 kashmiris have been killed but what they are going to do now we faired that this is out of our genocide why are they why have they clamped down on media they dont allow any media to get in there nothing is coming out of what is happening in the time theyve imposed this curfew and these extra. Security personnel there they did not even allow the leaders of the opposition parties to visit the dinner allow them there so what are they trying to hide. Sadly i would have expected the world to react much more than it has. You can watch that interview unfold on our website at any time at r. T. Dot com you can also see it here too on the air on r. T. In one hours time. So lets have a quick look now at some world news in brief. Students have clashed with riot police from the indian capital bogota demonstrators there pelted stones at officers who responded with tear gas and Armored Vehicles the rally was held in response to allegations of Police Brutality list counters student has reportedly been shot there and dozens be no also in south america thousands have rallied in the square outside congress in argentina when his aires theyre demanding more food aid with shortages across the country a bill to increase spending on food aid will be read by the behinds later on friday argentina has been in the grip of double digit inflation for months and involves more schools to demonstrate there have gathered outside a hotel where the president of the trump a stay the activists likened him to a rat and demanded that he believes their city earlier the president had described it as a rat and rodent infested mess they also accused him of being racist announcing his tough immigration policy. But. I. Find it sad in wales a small cafes push to drum up business using online Online Advertising has backfired after google banned them for their supposed use of a homophobic slur the word in question though also happens to be the name of a traditional dish the coffee owners have expressed surprise at googles decision. I think that faggots and peas and chips and then you is a traditional meal i didnt make the name and i didnt the days additional dish you can change it there was nothing meant by what we were doing is just describing the actual menu item i downloaded the. List the words of the list was a google. And the word faggot is actually in the list with many others as far as policing words ive think its where does it stop or where does it end especially for businesses because theres not this many other words which are can be deemed offensive well the dish at the center of the scandal is traditional in the u. K. It consists of meat balls mixed with bread and herbes and it is popular. In the english midlands google algorithms flagged up the cafes and is inappropriate and offensive content we ask visitors as funnies rest stop cafe what they thought of the back. Of the 1st producer but i think its ridiculous because i could saw both of them and if youre going to take it down here you are going to have to take you know all of the country to dish you know see told you know pakistan. Its true to see the good solution you need paul and hes almost if you. Can get them all of the country. I can see any. Tackles piece you get our education. And washing i say thanks for the company this morning were back again at the top of the hour dont forget there are plenty of stories on our website you can find that at r. T. Dot com. A little bit of the but at the end of a little bit. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. This is a steak from a water bottle phone in the stomach of a fish the brand is part of the Cocacola Company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea was that lets tell consumers there are the bad ones there the litterbugs are throwing this away industry should be blamed for all this waste the company has long promised to reuse the plastic. And mainly that seems cool sets. The on my end i need to stay on your essential projects funding me. On im your best bet is the. Fun now the mountains of waste only grow higher. Hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered im pete. Well there are growing indications the wests anti russias stance may be softening a case in point is the recent visit of frances top diplomat and defense minister or take for example the New York Times editorial calling on trump to better relations with the kremlin as a way to block china the important question remains can moscow trust the west anymore. Cross talking a thaw in relations im joined by my guest in a new well in paris he is the president of the institute for european perspective and security in our condo we have lucre of a he is an independent journalist and in brussels we cross to John Laughlin hes a political scientist and historian all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it many well let me go to you in paris i will make the the obvious admission i very rarely had good things to say about the french president emanuel mccrone however however ill make important. His vision for security in europe is its time has come i have to say its time is finally come its taken a lot of courage its a bold statement to make and i think it. Really makes people reassess the situation because the relationship between the between europe and russia and the United States and russia is not where it should be it doesnt necessarily have to be that way the europeans are taking an initiative here through the french president what does he want to achieve is that just for his own political gain at home because you want to take the mantle of the western world is he wary of the United States does he see a paradigm shift going on here what its the root of this here go ahead emmanuel in paris well its oh of what youve mentioned but i asked to admit that it is not a european position and i. I was not speaking on behalf of the European Union. And france is a president sharing the g 7 at least to the end of the year but it is not at the head of European Union finland is leading that is having this responsibility since last july i think the position of france which is of course a new paradigm which is a shift must also be put into consider taking into consideration for various. Various agenda you mentioned the domestic agenda it is true that imran mccall as bit as been a lot shattered on this position in regards to the internal policy and this leading him not to have a diplomatic agenda which of course is as been put aside with the presidency of the g. 7 and starting with the g. 7 summit in. Re assessing the necessity to be a president confident president speaking not on behalf of europe as i mentioned been on behalf of the most healthy as country in Europe Germany is in with the cancer under merkel in a very difficult internal policy the coalition between s. P. D. And see who is a bit weak and of course weve seen in the recent Regional Elections that