the proxy war between two of the biggest powers in the middle east to iran and saudi arabia has escalated directly affecting other countries in the region. hundreds of thousands took to the streets of boston alone or angry at madrid's crackdown on former catalan leaders behind the region's independence declaration. a highly anticipated formal meeting between donald trump and lot of it written fails to transpire the chat on the sidelines of the apec summit and agreed to cooperate on syria. the us justice department that r.t. america registered as a foreign agent by monday but channels bank accounts could be firm is that if it

doesn't apply. a very warm welcome you're watching the week here on r.t. international the latest headlines on the stories of the week and the karen good to have you with us now that your political rivalry between the two of the middle east's main powers saudi arabia and iran has been destabilizing other regional players yemen and lebanon. in the latest developments saudi led and strikes targeted the defense ministry in the yemeni capital it was march twenty fifteen this saudi arabia launched its incursion into yemen by launching and i campaign against the who backed by iran yemeni civilians have also been affected by the latest saudi led bombing here's what they told us is the channel r.t. arabic. but then

a second rocket hit my house was destroyed i'm just an ordinary person in the bus driver i'm not a military commander not an agent of the state why did they do that to me my house didn't hold a single bullet did they fear that i had weapons so i want them to watch this i have nothing this is just a house and i'm the person of you. my head and legs were injured our houses were destroyed this is the result of aggression how house and there were affected by the strike where art has intensified its bombardment of yemen in response to a missile fired towards the saudi capital a week ago by the rebels saudi arabia was quick to blame it on the wrong saying to iran directly supports the whose these latest senior u.s. air force official claims that ballistic missile have been made in iran better than i read markings are business. that's been demonstrated and there are pictures that

depict that to me that connects the dots to iran in terms of why. missiles and that capability of some i am going to end that war which we do not even have the ability to transfer missiles to yemen it's the missiles and they've managed to increase the missiles range. but it's more gas they have now takes a closer look at the escalating tensions between two of the biggest players in the middle east recently barely a day seems to go by without saudi arabia making headlines and it almost always boils down to its arch enemy iran it is a game of chess that spans an entire region on every front in every country the saudis see iran's evil influence.

the who's the rebels in yemen who saudi arabia has been bombing for many years fire a rocket of riyadh that the saudis could only describe as a rainy in aggression the saudis also ready to throw that allies under the bus to create an excuse to denigrate iran. q. the lebanese prime minister holding a successful meeting with the iranians and then going to saudi arabia and out of the blue without warning declaring his resignation while launching into a tirade about evil raney an influence plunging the region into chaos and destruction. were overrun his presence it will discordant destruction of interfering through our countries in lebanon syria. yemen what i would like to say

would be iran and its followers that they would be losers in there. you lose a poor and gain an opening then there's the blockade of cattle. a trade embargo seva ties ultimatums and warnings punishment some say for cata daring to deal with the rain ians and then there's syria the saudi sponsored rebellion is dying the hardest allies losing an aside is winning and while syria may have unexpectedly checkmated riyadh here the saudis are ramping up attacks on iran on other fronts truly this is an international game of chess with nations and populations at stake ironic given that last year sodium arabia has highest islamic cleric battened chess saying that the game causes and miti and

hatred between people and even when played on a giant geopolitical scale well it looks like he was right. the sudden resignation announcement made by the lebanese prime minister from the saudi capital which murat just mentioned has also significantly added to the tensions there's been speculation that saudi arabia could be holding sired hariri against his will react has denied the allegation however the leader of lebanon's political and military hezbollah movement has another has accused the saudis of unprecedented interference. the lebanese prime minister was forced to resign that he read a statement that was dictated by them he was placed under house arrest and prevented from returning to his country it's obvious that saudi arabia declared war on the entire nation of lebanon not just has but now as we mentioned saudi arabia has denied all claims it's holding her very against his will but to riyadh the closest

ally the u.s. has to the confusion. in terms of the conditions of him being held or the conversations and some of your visions of him being held as you detention well. i'm not going to put that word behi and i'm not going to associate that word with that but where he is right now where you see as you have a nice room i was right i don't know personally where he is or meanwhile saudi arabia and its allies kuwait the united arab emirates and bahrain have all the best citizens to leave lebanon immediately we all as the experts about the possible reasons for the current escalation between saudi arabia and iran riyadh is rolling out an entirely new plan no to create chaos in the region where rick and lebanon are not descriptive of this it is an easy short it's a low hanging fruit there is

a great momentum right now and speaking this week in saudi arabia to try and create some sort of military strategy. iran to destabilize around or or any of iran's proxies in the region saudi arabia is isolated in the in the emerging new we believe they've lost in syria because of the feel of the dash project they've lost in iraq i was just back from baghdad and the talk in baghdad is about not balkanization but about iraqi national unity they lost again with the blockade against got there they are losing the war on yemen which is horrifying with tens of thousands of civilian casualties and supported by the u.s. congress for that matter and use the american weapons and nuclear weapons and now they're trying to change the narrative their brain in the run they're trying to ratchet up a confrontation involving lebanon which is caught in the crossfire and is still is the same old story the saudi arabia against the run and countries see in the middle

east states are going to be caught in the crossfire. that's a a night. crowd turned out in barcelona demanding the release of cuts alone is jailed for the leaders the demonstration was held on catalonia as national day and attracted seven hundred fifty thousand people good. god. we are here to have a free country because we stand with them or you and all of the cattle in government are in our hearts that if they do this i went to all the demonstration is the is i want my grandsons to have a life that we didn't have time for. politics today is currently in prison to defame democracy and we do find human rights violations you chose law our culture. our children

a future spanish prime minister is now in barcelona he's attending a presentation of his party's candidates for the upcoming which lection the whole hosting the gathering is full of people supporting spanish integrity waving both national and national flags. but only this week pro independence protests ended in clashes with police as activists tried to block railway stations in the cities of barcelona. i i. started off took place after a general strike brought much of the region to a halt with activists blocking crucial transport networks in major cities again in protest over the jailing of former regional leaders madrid accuses them of rebellion i would rate it's very critical. for the spanish to stay to preach to make believe that they are that once again because one day i was bringing

a bar and i know people are going in and you know just imagine where. the cats are an institution that's. great is. that they give. them a nation under universe are right in that i get to met. my little. sister char r.t. america has been given until monday to register as a foreign agent in the u.s. that's on the orders of the u.s. justice department which set the deadline on thursday nov ninth if r.t. america fails to do so it's a bank accounts could be frozen the order was made and the legislation adopted more than seventeen years ago before world war two to counter nazi propaganda in america medina koch never looks at the reaction to the move we are a news channel but at the moment we are in fact the news the mounting pressure on

r.t. has this week coleman eats it and an ultimatum sent to us by the u.s. justice department r.t. america has been required to register as a foreign agent in the united states by monday with been left with no other choice but to comply but artie's adventure into the channel is being forced into conditions in wish cannot work with a suitable to me just imagine you work in the media and have to sign everything you do with foreign agent or produced by a foreign agent how does it feel for any media outlet to disclose its personal data its contract to have to declare any interviews that you do to ministries and institutions this can be called part of the job these conditions are aimed at destroying us as mass media. at the moment russian lawmakers are drafting tit for tat measures targeting american finance media in russia well there is

a list of candidates that might be headed by those and among them are c.n.n. and voice of america radio liberty and its korean toin television channel but the crackdown on r t n the u.s. poses some very uncomfortable questions to. those who are doing this in the u.s. of always being proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value at here to buy them there's no democracy without freedom of speech and attack on our media in the us is make no mistake an attack on freedom of speech itself the. pressure has been mounting on r.t. ever since we were accused of somehow making us voters choose trump over hillary last year but can one channel really will that much power or is this just in a town to stifle alternative fuse and pressure on the russian media doesn't end

there u.s. lawmakers the now considering a bill that would give satellite providers the right to block channels funded by the kremlin the document was submitted by sen john mccain the vice presidential candidate for the green party in the two thousand and sixteen election slams the crackdown on r.t. america calling it outrageous johnny baracoa also says that media outlets such as c.n.n. and the new york times should be registered as quote agents of capitalism because they receive large amounts of funding from private enterprises we spoke to various other lists for their reaction. well this is absolutely outrageous i think we could quit the coffee is what it really is my coffees are on steroids now isn't it he is a growing audience share in america and around the world a lot he puts a different narrative out to the war party directive on issues like the syrian conflict for example so i think these warmongers in the us a very angry god he's been so successful i have no personal link with russia and i'm not paid to appear

ask an opinion i give the opinion i've never been censored and has never been edited i cannot say the same for my own personal experiences and appearances on c.n.n. or even here in london on b.b.c. . pulse crossed at the apec summit in vietnam but only briefly productively more on that and just a moment. with this manufactured consensus stick to the public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the final. lifts and be the one percent. we can all middle of the room see. the real news room.

i think. the old situations are coming. then pull big. is they are not in favor of the nato is coming the director to the board for the shah but of the other side i think if they came back the old impression of confrontation that's a mistake of the west and specially by the american. also obvious. welcome back u.s. president donald trump says better relations with russia are essential when it comes to solving world crises like syria and north korea he was speaking

a day after the apec summit in vietnam we have to get to work to solve syria to solve north korea to solve ukraine to solve terrorism and i feel that having russia in a friendly process as opposed to always fighting with them is an asset to the world and an asset to our country not a liability getting along with other nations is a good thing not a bad thing believe me donald trump also stressed the need to overcome disagreements over alleged russian meddling in the u.s. elections a formal meeting between the russian and the u.s. presidents have been highly anticipated though it never transpired apparently due to scheduling problems nevertheless the sunni leaders did briefly catch up on the summit sidelines and that was enough time for them to approve a joint statement on the situation in syria. well they both confirms their determination to defeat islamic state the president also agree that there can be no

military solution to the syrian conflict they also said that the final political settlement should be found through the geneva talks format and stressed that syria is still a sovereign country. well we discussed the joint statement approved by trying to see where the british m.e.p. re finch he says america and russia realize that cooperation is necessary but the talking about is getting closer together and working on diplomatic solutions to problems not just in the middle east book around the world the fact is if we have russia and america bearing seated each other that does nobody any good if all of the sides involved understand that america and russia and the rest of the countries in the west are actually on the same side here eventually they have severe of course more and they have to understand that they will have to work together it's not going to be easy because these things never are particularly in the middle east but it will have to happen and it's

a good sign and america and russia have control understanding on this on the last leg of his first asian tour donald trump landed in the philippines today where he was received where they're not so warm welcome on the capital streets. was was hundreds of people descended on the u.s. embassy in manila to protest a trance visit to the country the riot police used water cannon on the angry crowd . german police are investigating claims organized criminal groups have infiltrated their ranks and other state thurber says that's after a police union stated that members of an arab underworld clan had managed to sneak an insider into the berlin force clear indications the large arab clans have an infiltration strategy and try to keep certain family members away from criminal

activities so that they can later infiltrate state services. however berlin's police chief has denied all the allegations the scandal came just two days after the city's police that can to me was accused of enrolling violent and criminal trainees artist peter investigated the story. amid accusations there were violent or even criminal recruits in its academy things were already looking bad for berlin's police force but now it's got a whole lot worse with the arrest of an intern which is a ruptured into a deeply embarrassing scandal a twenty year old female student is accused of illegally copying photos of people wanted in a police operation and sending them on it's alleged she was planted in the force by one of the city's notorious our mafia clans we forwarded the allegations to the police and this was all we received a response berlin police have launched

a criminal investigation into a twenty year old student from the berlin school of economics and law she's accused of revealing state secrets is it true that the suspect has migrant roots yes. those who devote their time to studying the mafia clans of berlin say attempts to increase diversity in the police as left the door open to infiltration the way is to. because in the police academy the new government in berlin has less. v. for the first phone port to three percent of. people by dilution big crowd who accept that it's was good for them to infiltrate.

doing last week an anonymous letter was sent to the earl in chief of police purporting to be from a long serving detective it claimed that arabic mafia families were using the berlin academy to infiltrate the force something the city's police union says that currently isn't any proof of. at the moment we do not have any cases where there is clear evidence of that but we do understand that criminal organizations like these clans have an incentive to try and infiltrate government organizations like the police and sort of and that's why it's so important during training that we identify who belongs as part of the police force and who does not. put it who are these arabic mafia clowns that it's claimed run ins criminal underworld among ten of them it's impossible to put a percentage figure on how much criminality they account for but if you look into it then yes they are present in all different types of crime revenues drugs

racketeering prostitution criminal revenue streams and it's for those reasons that people directly involved in law enforcement and the citizens of berlin. i want to know if the police force has been compromised by criminals peter all of us. and to get in touch and share your thoughts with a story by following us on facebook on twitter and join me again at the top of the hour for the latest headlines. i. thought.

i'd. like you. prescribe medication is widespread on the u.s. market and a frequent cause of death at that point in my life i just felt like everything was ashes my family was literally coming unglued i had actually planned. to commit some sight what or who has made antidepressants so commonly used we were doing what the doctors told us to do we were being responsible and what the real side effects why . was this child likely altered what i did was done on a cocktail of legal drugs. just because

something's legal doesn't mean it's safe i fear that we may see the iranians taking the first steps towards restarting the new fearful ground which will only further ratchet up tensions and further increase the risk of more us. the big danger here this is not just about killing the nuclear deal this is automatically putting the united states on the words of the. current welcome to worlds apart three years after the russian of violence in ukraine the conflict still remains a battle of identity for kiev but not so much from moscow or brussels increasingly

preoccupied by their own internal challenges both russia and the european union that would much rather leave ukraine to its own devices but can it survive in such a geopolitical limbo no longer with the east north with the west about to discuss that i'm now joined by our former vice chancellor of austria dr bruce ivins great to talk to you thank you very much for your time now i know that you are often asked about the issue of european identity european values what it means to be european and that very interesting philosophical question was right at the center of the still is at the center of the ukrainian call for a three years ago when the proudest started gathering square in kiev it was formulated roughly like that here is a dark and oppressive russia here is a bright and shiny european union and in a sense free loving your crane in the middle now that ukraine has been freed from

the deadly embrace of russia what's next what's next for ukraine what's next for europe what's next for russia so they give the blue surbiton of their all conflicts a lot of mistakes i think sometimes. it is not. that is that with the russians that some things like crimea and some of them critically seen by international law but i think that a lot of mistakes on the western side there's a difference asians or western side think the americans have as a perception that's not mine and i think it's holds them up to the perception of the whole europeans i think there's a tendency to to look at the things like the break but where does it come from because it really all we thought at least that we were all adults sure russia has its challenges fit their rule of law with building of its institutions with the authoritarian tendencies in its government but i think it was really striving throughout the ninety's to do something about cell and all of

a sudden in two thousand and thirteen we heard that we were there is back or the process of people who don't give a hack about anything good in this world why did it come from this is a result of a kind of simplification of riches down of the western side. i think you think it was jan you know was it deliberate. i think it was not they live it it was it changed never really i think the press action in the rest of the western european could say things are changes in russia then it's going to relate to the subjects i think it was for a very long time russia over time i mean. very primitive it was the differentiation was not really seen i think maybe the press action of the changes even the big go a bit of it didn't go it that i thought action and afterwards i think. for

a lot of people it was not really of it was a tremendous change in the russia happening for sure you needed time to consume it it's not happening from one day to the other and i think everybody has to learn out of the own history now and if it is coming bag to to create you know confrontation then the old images are coming up but i think at that point of time nobody really either on the e.u. side nor in russia side realized that it was actually approaching that very critical confrontational moment and i want to ask you about the second part of these manichean image of the bride in shiny european union why did that image come from because the european union a successful as it was it was also having its own struggles do you think the clash over ukraine had anything to do with is own internal doubts i don't think so i think of as a little have to say quite straight the knowledge about to a crane within the european union is very limited i think they have no the real

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