Well i think the very real win for the Afghan Government and the Afghan People will be if we make concrete progress towards peace im sure that the president will be confident that this strength of his hand as he tries to set the conditions for the negotiations will draw a fence in a start to each afghanistan towards peace so yes it will strengthen the president s art there were some people of course who thought that they could get unconditional release of these prisoners and that there would be negotiations starting next week for anybody who thought that this may be a disappointment but we have to have a show of the of the Afghan People broadly speaking at the in favor of negotiations and Peace Process and the afghan president empowered to try to take that for us maybe its maybe its inched us its just towards the taliban to be fairly here at least with what theyve achieved so far this year through negotiations promise of u. S. Withdrawal out of reduction of u. S. Air pressure on their
A valued partnered to the u. S. Government working closely with us to ensure the safety of americans and saudis it continues that the department of state is concerned about the alleged activities that led to dr out. In canada any accusations of wrongdoing it says should be addressed through established legal channels the lebanese president michel aoun has dismissed calls for an Internet International investigation and to choose days devastating chemical explosion in the country he says the blast which killed at least 157. 00 people and injured thousands more could have been caused either by negligence or a missile attack 154. 00 people were killed in thousands injured in the blast and its now devastated the lebanese capital work is continuing to clear up the City Residents say there is little help from the state saying a hoarder is in beirut. People here you know they would like to see International Investigators take courts because they have lost faith in the political establishment t
There any news in the truth is there any truth in the news also what theres this one creature known as Elliott Abrams say about trumps Foreign Policy. To disguise this and more im joined by my guest alexander mackerras and london he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com and in athens were joined by alex kristof he is the director and writer for the duran dot com ari jelling crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciate where its going to london for us alexander during the soviet union the 2 of the major state publication was probably his best year praga obviously means truth is best it means news and there was a joke during the soviet union there is no truth in the news and theres no news in the truth i say i tend to think thats where we are in the west. Where does truth meet news and does news ever have a thing to do with the truth because it is so deep weaponized politicise that it is just a commodi
Fed president Robert Kaplan this hour. President trump orders chinese to shutdeo app tiktok down in the u. S. Next month unless there is a deal with microsoft or another leading american company. Breaking news out of south korea. The cpi numbers for the month of july year on year, a growth of 0. 3 . This is of course after inflation remains flat for the previous month year on year. We have seen somewhat muted demand. Perhaps weighing on the month on month numbers. We are seeing inflation at zero growth. This really missing expectations that prices would rise 0. 1 if also inflation is decelerating from the previous month of june. Core cpi take out oil prices, and you get a rise of 0. 7 , in line with estimates, and slight acceleration from the previous month. We have seen brent crude prices recover somewhat from aprils slump but still down 38 year on year also. The are also expecting tokyo Inflation Numbers within the hour so take a look at what japanese futures are doing at the moment.
To be with you. Its a great pleasure to discuss russia america relations. Of course, its not a very easy task. Of course its very difficult to talk about russia america relations. Too many contradictions have accumulated. There is ongoing debate on who is more at fault for their deportable deplorable current state. Who should take the First Step Towards the other side . Step tor side . I have to admit that for now we are walking in a circle without any clear perspective. On occasion i tend to persuade the American Public that russia and the United States are not enemies and that we cannot afford the luxury of not talking to each other despite all the existing disagreements. The wellbeing of the whole planet depends on the quality of russian and United States relations. We must remember that the common victory in the struggle was the very foundation of the human civilization. 75 years ago it was the responsibility for maintaining peace and security according to the u. N. Charter. The ba