And watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. The chief u. S. Negotiator in peace talks with the taliban is to testify before Congress Amid questions over Donald Trumps decision to shut down discussions with the terror group meanwhile the taliban has urged the president to return to the negotiating table in an exclusive interview with r. T. I dont know the. Reason behind it we. Were talking but we are still committed to the negotiations we. Started our policy from this 30 minutes but its not as though theres no solution for the conflict except. On the table so we dont want. To. Come back to. What we were just. After the fact if. The taliban is frequently responsible for terrorist attacks across afghanistan and the latest incident at least for local troops were killed and 3 injured when a suicide car bomber targeted a military base in southern couple on thursday donald trump and it almost a year of negotiations with the taliban less sunday when they admitted killing a u. S. Servicemen to quote strengthen their bargaining position my gosh you have had the opportunity to speak to taliban officials and has been assessing 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 the taliban refused to attend talks with trump wanting a deal 1st trump killed off negotiations citing an american soldier killed by islamists in afghanistan and i put it to the taliban how do you expect trump to talk negotiate with you when you are killing his troops as you speak. The next day with mr tucker cancer this is a. Negotiation he mr buffett with his father is that he says he admitted that if you have good 1000. 00 well so if big get a buzz off us why we cannot get one of the more blogger so with this to go away he may have to defend our civic to different people who look different in north and people of other somebody when theyre not really bombarded with we have 2 different 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. The u. S. They said this isnt a war they won they say isnt a war they can win by force but they wont and give up the what is imposed on us. American soldiers there you know once its not ill admit it the soldiers are going to be in washington they are there there was a lot of us but still we. Proposed and we were keen to bring peace and i want some through the system but unfortunately i need to which weve reached some sort of fidelity when it was considered by the american side of science and done a lot of consideration which was which took. His arm over mr vance are going to some of the governors that have broken such a peace treaty and it returns and but obama started it were going to be stupid so be us rigid we want peace in afghanistan we wanted to give a serious message for the foreign troops is to go from afghanistan so if the other side also. With this if he also wants the seat do i know what is the what is important for us we have a different course of if if the american side is not really and it was initially and did not want peace on the day it will sort. Be compared to a different person it would have to do this 100 years what hurt the most the taliban had negotiated told me is how close they were to a deal a ceasefire the details had been worked out in the fine print sorted and approved the need for everything to collapse where there was a discussion on the debate is over when you know theyre going to decide that this is. A ceasefire between us and American Forces and you get a serious message that we can force of the root go on pretty desolate over the internet i mean it was just it was so. Good of it was of that the ceasefire. And i compared since hes been out and also other those that dont think issues can be discussed as things stand talks for now over the war will go on the killing will go on with trump already boasting that hes hitting the taliban with his pavement dead and 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 called one sense prevails and the u. S. Goes back to what everyone in washington knows is in evitable talks negotiations with the taliban u. S. Politicians have been arguing about the countrys role in afghanistan for years now and it was a key issue in thursday nights 3rd round 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 is 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 offers to brock turn the president turned me into joe 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 made which we predicted was that you would not have a circumstance where the shia and the kurds would Work Together to keep isis from coming from moving in a huge mistake and one of the big differences between you and me i never believed what cheney and bush said about iraq you know what heres the war in iraq. And helped lead the opposition. And its been a kind of you know how the feeling that they would be massive destabilization in that area if we went into that war. The front runners clashed over several issues but recently theres been one topic they were mostly agreed on and thats opposition to fracking with some even calling for a complete ban the process involves drilling deep into the ground to recover oil and natural gas critics claim its dangerous and bad for the environment and top u. S. Democrats share those fears Carol Bachmann has a story. The usa is now the worlds top the Oil Exporting Country check out these words from the International Energy agency booming shale production has allowed the u. S. To close in on and briefly overtake saudi arabia as the worlds top oil exporter President Trump says that this is a huge achievement hes ready to celebrate success becoming more and more energy dominant i dont want to be if you 3 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 5 ban on public and private lands on my 1st day as president i will sign an executive order that puts a total murder term on own you fossil fuel leases for drilling off shore and on public lands and i will ban fracking everywhere its not just the left progressives youve got the centrist kemal a 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 putin happier than anything donald trump has ever said or done so good job democrats youre being pro russia and broke by wanting to ban natural gas of course the senate 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 culture and energy as to 2. Industries of interest to foreign powers on energy weve seen anti fracking narratives so it seems like nowadays the only way to really play it safe in american politics is to find out what the why do 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 they will mop and r. T. New york. In the u. K. A classic childrens t. V. Character has been criticized for failing to keep up with modern quality standards are met sam has been axed from his role as a mascot for a local brigade after bosses there said he could discourage women from joining. His friend. Sam that the rescue team managed to save danny farm and sam 1st aired in 1987 as an animation about firefighters in a small welsh village since then hes been widely used to promote fire safety and services across the u. K. But now it seems his time is up in some areas at least playboy 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 as chief fire officer. Fired fireman sam has been getting roasted for it duration does a great job for you as a wife writing life as a wife to write this new years eve note i think you should do is to far yourself that it is a leaf im a sahm alone this isnt the 1st time that firemen 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 the fore and stickery really enough and come quite happy with what it is he is the epitome of straight. To my mind. May not be terribly appealing to people who want to be. A fireman 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 so yes now with samantha yes exactly exactly they could be put in because no rubbish it could be so it just knew. It was just a childrens current to take things to fogs that music and another british cartoon icon peppa pig was recently been rated by none other then the london fire brigade whose head is by the way a woman featuring an episode where mommy pig pretended to be a fine man and not a fire fighter mummy pig is dressed as a. Fun day. 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 anthropomorphized fire extinguishes freddy phil but and penelope. India has made around 4000. 00 arrests in its part of kashmir since last month a look at whats going on there and other stories after this short break. There are growing indications the wests anti russias stance may be softening a case in point is the recent visit a friend. 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 an important question remains can moscow trust the west anymore. In this business you need to be the 1st one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest. Truth to stand down you just need the right questions and the right answers. Questions. Welcome back the outgoing president of the e. U. Commission john kline younger has lashed out at an initiative by his successor regarding migration with all the details here its all a quarter dunker might be on his way out as you use Commission President but that hasnt stopped him from giving his 0. 02 on issues of migration one of his latest statements assured the continent that migration is not a threat to europes way of life. To oppose the european way of life to migration you have to respect the obvious independent view from the independent from the. Younger was responding to his successor ursule of on their lay and her initiative to make several government titles of positions more creative and a bit less formal now the most controversial of which was the Vice President for the protection of the european way of life and this this position was intended to address how migration affected life on the continent the european way of life is built around Solidarity Peace of mind and security we must address and they legitimate fears and concerns about the impact of irregular migration on our economy and society younger might have come out publicly in opposition to their lns initiative to rename these government positions but in the e. U. Parliament there are larger divisions at play some are saying that this is helping the right wing might even amount to fascism while others are saying whats the big deal and the wide European Commission claiming to protect our european way of life is a far cry from the idea of unity in diversity on which this union is built when we talk about the european way of life what we. Talking about is asylum and integration the european way of life is about those coming from war from hunger from Climate Change and integrating all those who want to come and live with us now this road is only one part of europes larger migration situation especially because 1st arrival countries like italy and greece are finding it increasingly difficult to stem the tide of illegal migration to the continent while from a far countries like germany are only pressuring them to handle the situation better. Nearly 4000. 00 people have been arrested in india and minister of kashmir since new delhi revoked its special status last month thats according to local authorities the massive tensions come amid ongoing clashes between the local population and Indian Security forces more than half of those arrested have been released the hundreds of local politicians and pro separatist activists remain behind bars india says its committed to a full Constitutional Order in kashmir and accuses pakistan of stirring up and rest. My government is taking affirmative actions my adopting progressive policies to promote social economic equality and justice these progress upon sees been now be freely applicable to our citizens in Jammu And Kashmir region and i doc these are a sudden decisions entirely internal can india now country can except interference in its been done of the fenced certainly not India Pakistan needs to stop interfering in india as assess it needs to stop exporting care or to india the minutes that stops normal see can restore the fish me for oblon today has been creative because a a stance policies of a 1000 cuts to be on the stand as a knowledged the world or is it as of the go over that youre a there is a pakistani its to back off all in the an states are nabo the only issued that happens as an wish me the the spot the sun is the immediate me were than reach trouble bit the minute pakistan as out of that Mission Double at stock r. T. Sat down with the pakistani Prime Minister about the situation in kashmir what weve. Is that. This is going to be just Big Government is not going to use force. We feared that there would be oppression unprecedented already as i said between 70200000 push leaders have been killed but what they are going to do not know we fear that this is. Genocide why why have the clampdown on media to lower the media to get in there nothing is coming out of what is happening in the time theyve imposed this these extra. Security personnel to the door to. The leaders of the opposition parties to visit because the do not allow them so water theyre trying to hide. Sadly i would have expected the world to react much more than it has. You can watch that interview with imran khan in full here on our to international throughout the day or at our website r. T. Dot com. A quick look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. Thats right police in the colombian capital demonstrators public stones at officers who responded with tear gas and such an Armored Vehicles around it was held in response to allegations of Police Brutality at a University Campus a student had formerly been shot and dozens others now. In south america thousands have rallied in the square outside of congress in the argentine capital arest theyre demanding more food aid where shortages across the country a bill to increase spending on food aid will be read by the upper house later on friday argentina has been in the grip of double digit inflation for months. And every u. S. City of baltimore scores. Demonstrators have gathered outside a hotel where donald trump is staying activists likened him to a rat and demanded he leave the city after the president had earlier describe it as a rat and rodent infested max also accuse him of being a racist just announcing his top immigration policy. And wales a small cafes push to drum up business using online and has backfired after google banned them for their supposedly use of a homophobic slur the word in question though also happens to be the name of a traditional dish cafe owners have expressed surprise that goes 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 of traditional dish you cant change it there was nothing meant by what we were doing is just describing the actual menu item i downloaded the. List of words or the list was a google and would faggot is actually in the list with many others as far as policing woods i think its it where does it stop or what is it and especially for businesses because there are many other words which can be deemed offensive the dish at the center of the scandal is traditional in the u. K. And consists of meatballs makes with bread and herbs google algorithms flag up the cafes as inappropriate and offensive content we asked for it serves of the cafe what they thought of the ban. Im a fish producer but i think its ridiculous because if i could saw. The food and if youre going to take it down here you have to take you know all of the countries traditional known. See the total number of factors in the east just as a musician its true to say if i get social media ball and these old sci fi fans he can get all of the country. A concierge needs to pack up some pieces keep it on the edge of custom and thats our wrap up of the days top news for now but dont forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and facebook absent reports. I. I. I. I. Become eternal we have to become party robots for the mutants you know we have to become the chills like in. Iraq nor you know as the superhero movies. 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A low a welcome to cross tops where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle 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 emmanuelle you play in paris he is the president of the institute for european. In perspective and security in our condo we have lucre of a he is an independent journalist and in brussels we were asked 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 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 does he 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 0 of what youve mentioned but i asked to admit that it is not a european position and of course not speaking on behalf of the European Union i mean and france is a president sharing the g 7 at least till the end of the year but it is not at the head of European Union finland is leading that is it has been dismissed france ability 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 very. Obvious agenda you mentioned the domestic agenda it is true that as bit has been a lot shouted on this position in regards to the internal policy and this leading him not to have a diplomatic agenda which of course is has been put aside with the presidency