The. Way. This is r. T. For a moscow on call and royalty weekly look at some of the biggest stories covered here over the past 7 days but 1st bringing you up to speed on this weekends developments were going to start at the g. 7 summit in france where the Iranian Foreign ministers grabbed the tension after making an unexpected visit for talks with the french president and top officials there the meetings have been described as productive jobs or if then tweeted that the road ahead is difficult but one that worth trying i got an update earlier from our Senior Correspondent what i guess the. Well it was a certainly a surprise and judging by what trump had to say not a very welcome when asked what he thought about the arena and foreign minister coming over all of a sudden you applied coldly no comment and start of surprise the United States stands by its approach by its strategy regarding iran and that is maximum pressure on getting iran to submit and do what the United States wants to si
They. Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is Art International im john thomas certainly glad to have you with us as we recap the weeks top stories are we start at the g. 7 summit in france where the Iranian Foreign minister made an unexpected visit on sunday. Met with the french president and later tweeted the road ahead is difficult but one worth trying her earlier my colleague colleen bray got an update from our correspondent tamara goes to give. Well it was a certainly a surprise and judging by what trump had to say not a very welcome when asked what he thought about the arena and foreign minister coming over all of a sudden you applied coldly no comment and start of surprise the United States stands by its approach by its strategy regarding iran and that is maximum pressure on getting iran to submit and do what the United States wants to sign the deal it. Wants nevertheless the europeans and that since the United States pulled out of the nuclear deal last y
Friend is not inconsistent with his tone and style and trade policy. Its the way i negotiate. Its done well for moefr te ovee years. The ftse bucks amid the downturn as they reportedly drop a key red line in its negotiations and irans president says there will be no change to the status quo unless u. S. Sanctions are lifted after President Trump signals hes open to meeting all right. Good morning behind me in europe, we have the majors all to end the session in positive territory and now the dow up 42 since the election and if you remember the president did actually tweet a couple of days ago you should judge me on the stock Market Performance since the he ex we did see rebounds in names like apple that was a name very much in focus after it went to a whole new level. And indeed the president did mention 24 hours agatha china indeed called up the u. S. And were looking to reestablish dialogue so that was the picture for asian and u. S. Markets europe not so pretty you can see a little
With the hospital and then they werent allowed to meet in private this all comes as he was taken to hospital with an allergic face reaction around 9 30 am is condition is said to be stable but anything that happens this man really concerns the opposition activists sued view this man through a different prism perhaps a lot of people internationally do he is seen as a very key figure within the Opposition Movement but this all comes as his you tube channel was raided as well and now there are some discrepancies over the amount of people protesting out on the streets in moscow the police say there are about 3500 people protesting and in the streets the opposition activists say its much closer to 10000 we dont know what the exact figures are also the figures for the arrests have been disputed as well they say about 1000 police say about 1000 people were arrested the protesters say is much closer more closer to 1400 people being arrested now many of those according to the police have been r
Jail the russian Opposition Leader alexina valmy has been moved to hospital with severe facial swelling and rashes is said to have suffered an acute allergic reaction was arrested on wednesday off to calling for saturdays on authorized antigovernment demonstrations and sentenced to 30 days in prison a spokeswoman says hes now in a satisfactory condition but hes never suffered from allergies before and the cause of this reaction is not known. Or almost 1400 people were arrested in the protests the valley called for according to an independent Monitoring Group Russian Police violently dispersed demonstrators in the capital on saturday as they marched against the barring of some opposition candidates from september city Elections Police chiefs justified their response saying the rallies were illegal the Monitoring Group says most of those detained have now been released but around 150 people are still in custody and noncon is following events for us in moscow. Never only his lawyer was gi