International laws and norms that his threats to obliterate his country. And the un special rapporteur on torture pens an impassioned defense of whistleblower Julian Assange he says has been the victim of a relentless smear campaign. 11 oclock here in moscow youre watching on the International Live fine Daniel Hawkins you are very welcome with us on the program. Are the leaders of the major World Economic powers have gathered in japan for the g. 20 summit which gets underway on friday facing a raft of challenges at this years forum including the United States china trade disputes as well as the deteriorating security situation in the persian gulf president putin will be among the heads of state in attendance hes expected to meet with donald trump on the sidelines reporting from osaka here. Let me just give you a feeling of downtown austin could just before the main events of the summit the roads are almost deserted and it is very quiet. Well theres something that explains it easily thi
Predictable which is the most important regrettable thing. President putin gives his views on the key threats to Global Security in an interview with the Financial Times. Of the headlines World Leaders arrive in the japanese city for the g. 20 summit likely to be overshadowed by trade tensions the Climate Crisis and the risk of conflicts in the persian gulf. In the run up to the president Donald Trumps been threatening china with a further 325000000000. 00 worth of. Agriculture secretary complains that u. S. Farmers a bearing the brunt of the trade war. In this trade war i think they are one of the casualties they are. Also ahead irans foreign minister zarif accuses the white house of violating International Law with its threats to obliterate the country. Live from moscow just gone midnight here in the capital whats your r. T. International thanks for joining us on the program. Putin believes liberalism has outlived its purpose on the eve of the g 20 summit the russian president gave a
From moscow watching r. T. International im daniel. Thanks for joining us tonight. A lot of your putin believes the u. S. Trade war with china and the military escalation with iran have created a highly volatile situation on the eve of the g. 20 summit the russian president gave an interview to the Financial Times beaking about key threats to global security. What to put it bluntly the situation is definitely become more dramatic and explosive in the sense the world has become more fragmented and less predictable which is the most important and regrettable thing well this interview was particularly extensive and he touched on almost every major topic i mean g. 20 summit coming up putin donald trump said to meet of course the question was about putins relations with american president s and he said hes met many during his years as president as Prime Minister from bill clinton all the way to donald trump and he said usually he has a good solid working relationship with the United States
Broadcasting a live direct from our studios in moscow this is an International Thomas certainly glad to have you with us by Vladimir Putin believes that the u. S. Trade war with china and the military escalation with iran have created a highly volatile situation on the eve of the g 20 summit the russian president gave an interview to the Financial Times speaking about key threats to global security. But you start to put it bluntly the situation is definitely become more dramatic and explosive in the sense the world has become more fragmented and less predictable which is the most important regrettable thing well this interview was particularly extensive and he touched on almost every major topic i mean g. 20 summit coming up putin donald trump said to meet of course the question was about putins relations with american president s and he said hes met many during his years as president as Prime Minister from bill clinton all the way to donald trump and he said usually he has a good soli
A smear campaign. Broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Has just arrived in japan for the g. 20 summit youre looking at live pictures from osaka where the russian president s aircraft has just landed were expecting him to step off that plane any 2nd now you can see a delegation at the bottom of the stairs waiting to greet him to that event of course the g. 20 is the top 20. Economic groups countries in the world meeting together to discuss the direction the World Economy should take however a lot of attention being paid on the sideline events and those sideline meetings between. The russian president and donald trump the u. S. President of course also. A lot of attention toward india as well and right now were waiting to see the president step off that plane. For the g. 20 summit. All right as we do that lets go to reports on the build up to this event. Let me just give you a feeling of downtown austin could