this place. just russia's actions which threaten the international. the british prime minister calls on europe to unite against the so-called russian threat in a speech. to draw fire from the struggling. after pressure from the u.s. justice department forced to register as a foreign agent we take a look at what changes. from words to war the. conflicts intensify between iran and saudi arabia.

where we are joining us from our welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my names you know welcome to the program our top story the british prime minister is calling to unite against russia pose a threat to europe accuse moscow of military aggression election meddling and spreading fake news without going into any detail. does russia's actions which threaten the international order on which we all depend so i have a very simple message for russia we know what you are doing and you will not succeed while the mansion house speech is an annual event where the prime minister traditionally delivers a foreign policy speech and it was the lord mare of the city of london he was introducing the prime minister today and he used the opportunity to remind the prime minister about how worried for the finances in the city generally is about the lack of progress in the brig's it talks he said that fine words butter no

parsnips and the city wants to see a good break zip deal now however to reason may's speech hardly touched upon the issue of bragg's it at all as he spoke about global challenges facing the u.k. and its allies and the star of the show in terms of global challenges really was russia that was what she chose to focus her criticism on russia has fermented conflict in the dawn by us and mounted a sustained campaign of cyber espionage and disruption. this is included meddling in elections and hacking the danish ministry of defense and to the bundestag among many others it is seeking to weaponize information deploying state run media organizations to plant fake stories and photo shopped images in an attempt to sow discord in the west and undermine our institutions it's just blind use asians from

the united states britain generally follows the united states into a very strong this is just another example of the u.k. following its big brother in the us down a road to nowhere the fact of the matter truth when ever a politician either is about to lose or is in the process of actually losing the old scapegoat weeds. russian the same thing is now happening in britain where a prime minister who is facing. certain end of her brief career in power is now bringing out the old scapegoat or one of mays' major accusations was that russia had used large scale cyber attacks against sovereign foreign states but she feel to notice that in many cases like the allegations of hiking in the french or german elections no evidence was actually put forward to support those claims evidence that russian hackers are q

e mails no i don't i mean we have evidence of attacks coming from the plane and we show the evidence of some very well known the russian website conveyed malls and. so we just gave them. no information pointing at that interference. well the british prime minister's message comes on the back of a tough week for her domestically treason may continues to be hunted by m.p.'s over her brags it negotiations which are seemingly yet seen any real positives for the u.k. so much so that the e.u.'s chief breaks that negotiator says he won't rule out a no deal scenario meaning break that talks could collapse entirely but pressure is also building on may with rumors about up to forty m.p.'s are readying a letter of no confidence that number is just a short of the required total to force a new leadership election within her conservative party we discussed the p.m.'s predicament with party veteran and former government minister peter lilley he

believes her speech wasn't just directed up moscow it was as much a message to europe as it was to russia saying we are the major security power in the european continent we have the best armed forces and the greatest ability to deploy them we won't to continue to be allied with european neighbors when we leave but they've got to remember if they want us to be helpful and firm and stand by them they don't want to weaken us or we can their relations with us. we do deal with the second tough war she was saying that we won't deal relations with russia we certainly don't want to return to the cold war we recognize that we're actually the opposite ends of europe and for hundreds of years we've been natural allies even when we don't like each other's regimes we're natural allies. spain's prime minister said there is no evidence that the russian government

interfered in cuts alone is independence referendum the comment comes after concerns were raised in spain over suspicious internet activity during the region's vote of the sea on the sea turtle joins us live now with more on the sea it is quite rare these days to get a definitive denialism and tell us more about what led to those comments well you know as if we haven't seen enough attempts to try to implicate russia in all sorts of events around the world we've lately seen attempts to implicate it even in the capital on crisis despite it being a years long standoff between barcelona and madrid we've seen had lines galore from around the world trying to accuse russia of meddling in that referendum and in that whole crisis for instance el pais which is a major spanish daily focused really a lot of attention on headlines about russia despite this being a national crisis also this week we've seen some spanish officials come to brussels

for meetings with e.u. partners and trying to bring their attention to certain accusations of potentially having russia do some activity to destabilize the region however that said we have seen officials such as the high representative for the european union for foreign affairs frederica morgan renia as well as the nato secretary general basically even not comment on this issue and of course very importantly we've seen the spanish prime minister say that there is quote no data which can be used as evidence on me of all involvement of the russian government nothing and quote the same message came from the spanish foreign minister as well let's take a listen. we can see that the russian government is behind us because we know. where this traffic is coming from it is linked to networks based in russia we have shared this information with russian officials but

it is good news who well when these clarifications made hopefully this topic is going to have be exhausting itself with now everybody watching how spain is going to move forward with actually solving the biggest crisis it has seen in a generation live from london on the sea a church with the update thank you. now after facing months of pressure from washington r.t. america has not been forced to register as a foreign agent in the u.s. has more and what that means for the child. just think about it r.t. america is now officially a foreign agent in the us eighty years after far came into being our us branch registered under the foreign agents registration act which dates back to the times before the second world war back then the purpose was to make sure that no minds of u.s. citizens are influenced by organizations funded by nazi germany whatever it was the

purpose of the u.s. department of justice in the twenty first century they said at deadline for r.t. america chose to meet that deadline because nobody wants to be in trouble with u.s. law enforcement so let's just take a look at some of the things that our u.s. branch could now be obliged to do all the time for example that is attaching a public disclaimer to every piece of information that gets sent out or filing a copy or a version of it to the u.s. department of justice within forty eight hours of transmission and i'll tell you that it will take a long time to adjust to the still reality and even to figure out whether it is possible in the first place does that mean that every tweet that gets posted bartie america we choir's a disclaimer does our channel in the u.s. now have to send all its tweets to the u.s. department of justice many experts have argued that in the twenty first century

with the current social media output which is normal for all news organizations it is simply impossible although this crackdown on r.t. america has been ignored largely by those who you would expect to speak on the issues with freedom of speech and didn't go completely unnoticed take the committee to protect journalists that's a new york based ngo they were very critical of the ultimatum said by the u.s. department of justice and here's bits of their statement compelling to register under far as a bad idea where on comfortable. with governments deciding what constitutes journalism or propaganda and you may well argue that the us authorities are applying double standards here take china is. america that is operating in the us without any issues then the us version of al-jazeera was there for a few years all perfectly fine and i will be lying if i say that here on our t.v.

we are waiting for more critical reaction both from individuals and n.g.o.s when it comes to russia's retaliation it is still work in progress the lawmakers are working on it but we just heard. the russian foreign minister once again say that steps and response will be taken will use is a good move to measure how to use you may come up with difference and it was good as our president already sent our reaction will be swift and strong so let's be patient the question now is which media outlets will be affected by this retaliation previously russian official said that it could be american based media or media organizations that are directly funded by the us government think voice of america or the likes of c.n.n. the video channel that is operating in russia called current time and also radio free europe slash radio liberty dow here's something important in order for these news outlets to become foreign agents in this country russia's own legislation

requires amendments and currently the m.p.'s are sorting this out and we also heard from the vice for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a media outlet is not a newsagent and if it is from any other country not only the us or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia and talking us through it will just remind you the pressure on our t.v. started with the us intelligence came. claiming earch on a will to a so-called cog in russian meddling into american affairs back in september the us justice department then demanded we register as a foreign agent now it's the spy and no proof that russia had any impact on the us election social media then began blocking our adverts on google you tube and twitter they did ahead of testimony in congress despite having no problem with

prior to that the experts we spoke to think the pressure on r.t. america is a deflection tactic away from domestic problems in the us. the question here is why have the a.c.l.u. and amnesty international and all of these other civil liberties and human rights groups which defended al-jazeera its right to broadcast in the middle east when saudi arabia demanded al jazeera shut its operations down why have they been silent on r.t. this is a clear attack on press freedom well the ruling elites desperately want to shut down any discussion of social inequality which is the engine that created this political upheaval and insurgencies in both of the two political parties and shift the focus towards foreign actors to blame for and actors for the unrest and to blame. critics and dissidents for full matting discontent because

if reality is faced and we confront the fact that this vast social inequality is tearing apart the american fabric then we have to confront and. dismantle the institutions that are creating this social inequality and that is what the ruling elites are desperately attempting to prevent. sort of the river headline stories this hour thousands of people in yemen have lined the capital streets in protest against the saudi led blockade of the country last week riyadh introduced a full blockade on yemen closing all access by. the saudi led coalition and to the civil war in twenty fifty supporting the us the government against the rebels its blockades have left millions starving to what's been called the deadliest outbreak of cholera in recent history however after pressure from the united nations on human rights groups the saudis claimed on monday they would rule the blockade to

a partial one again however human rights watch say that claim is a form of quote cruel. friction explaining the ports to riyadh will reopen aren't enough to provide essential supplies of food and medicine so it will continue with the partial blockade on till it's convinced there is no flow of weapons from iran going to the rebels well the civil war in yemen is seen by middle east experts as a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran. looks at whether the current cold war between the region's most powerful countries could lead to full scale conflict. the rivalry between middle east powerhouses saudi arabia and iran is nothing new yet it's becoming ever more tense with fears growing of a full blown war a missile launched by yemeni rebels directed earlier this month has already got the saudis talking about direct aggression and war the coalition's c'mon considers this a blatant active military aggression by the iranian regime and could rise to be

considered as an act of war against the kingdom of saudi arabia joe you go in you know the mites and position of the public people more powerful than you have been unable to do anything against the iranian people you're not strong enough to do that wherever we look in the region conflicts can often be boiled down to saudi arabia and iran countering each other by proxy the saudi military campaign against them with the rebels in yemen backed by iran saudi backing of sunni rebel groups in syria while iran's support the assad government both of those conflicts are exactly panning out well for saudi arabia so how would they fare in a direct conflict with iran let's break it down. looking at a global military strength rating the two countries aren't far apart on the list with iran at twenty first and saudi arabia taking the twenty fourth position. and all riyadh aviation outstrips tehran's iran wins out when it comes to tanks and

naval assets by a long. it's probably no surprise that the saudi kingdom has a massive defense budget coming in at over fifty six billion dorf in the islamic republic's six billion and change. but when it comes to male power iran has significantly more citizens fit for service and the event of war you have a very rash ruler in saudi arabia i'm talking about the crown prince. you know he's just about ready to do. so if you look at what happened with the lebanese prime minister it was basically forced to resign. and that gives you just an indicator of how far behind by been some man is willing to go but i personally would be very very surprised if saudi arabia lost the war on iraq i would completely rule out iran launching a war on saudi arabia if study arabia had. guarantees or chance of

winning i think it would go away with a wall but i think saudi arabia believes it doesn't have a chance of winning a war against iran the rhetoric might be a boiling point at the moment but there's still no sign either side is ready for open conflict a british teacher's in trouble for saying well dull to his pupils the details on reaction when we come back it's.

like for many plops over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money. and spending to the twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else only because i want to show what i think what i know about the beautiful guy great so we'll all transfer. thinks it's going to. i. we're back with artie international a british school teacher has been suspended after praising his students joshua sutcliffe congratulated his math class by saying well don girls but that upset one

pupil who no identifies as meal the teacher insists he apologized immediately and see it was an accident the student in question. came in did very well and then i said well then girls started really well and i was met with a fierce rebuttal. and i sincerely apologize. i then found out six weeks later that i was going to be under investigation for a missed gendering within the community and this really for one day that transpired to be two days and then three days and then it's now been six days where i've been sat in a in an office not being able to teach my math lessons well joshua also told us that he believes he's been singled died by the school over his religious beliefs. i think i've been bullied really for you know for who i am within the school

setting up a bible club and then it being shut down with an iron fist really having so many people coming along to the bible club and being interested in the bible i feel like i've been discriminated against within the community and i think that's a trend. nationwide is that christians are able to. you know live out their faith in a professional setting well the incident is a big talking point in britain right now as to whether the schools are overreacting or highlighting a sensitive issue that needs careful handling this particular teacher accidentally missed gender by calling a trans boy pupil a girl it was not intentional he hadn't meant to cause offense so i think that his suspension is disproportionate i think that the school should obviously point out to him that he made a mistake which of course he doesn't recognise and then get his assurance that it

won't happen again i think that is the end of the matter it's absolutely stupid he called the girls girls because he thought it was a class of girls made an honest mistake. apologized that should have been the end of the matter this whole transgender agenda is getting much much too much influence in the british media and in british society there are very small minority i feel sorry for anyone who thinks they are trapped in the wrong body they should be treated with respect tolerance but where is the tolerance for this man he's a christian but of course you're not allowed to be a christian anymore are you in modern britain i don't see that he's done anything wrong actual the majority of people in the u.k. i'm sure will agree with me. now. let's turn our attention to sports because the venue for next year's football world cup final has finished its make

over for the biggest showpiece event in sport the grand reopening of the luzhniki stadium in moscow welcomed argentina to russia for a friendly match over the weekend if one will to americans out there striker sergio aguero grabbed a late goal with a patient building fast for the tournament r.t. spoke exclusively to the president of the argentine football association claudio tapia to get his impressions about moscow on the twenty eighteen fifa world cup. i. can win i think when moscow is prepared it's a beautiful city in many ways very safe but the most important thing is that you feel the hospitality with which it is ready to host the world cup because another important thing is that it's very calm out here despite all the refer to create better infrastructure for the tournament. but for us it was an honor to be the

first national team to play at the very open the it was such a symbolic stadium we were very excited about this for the no doubt it is one of the best stadiums there is i've been travelling a lot but i've seen a lot i was always amazed by how modern and well constructed stadiums are now this is one of the best i. he said happens because of the important role that russia plays on the international stage today by the i think that this is the reason russia has been criticized for them we have competed in many world cups sometimes playing on american football pitches there are cases when the stadiums are painted right before the game but here seven to eight months prior to the championship and we see that everything is ready for the world cup you can see that the work began as soon as they announced it was hosting the event is the first thing you notice. as a little. has already started but in the lead up to the world cup after the draw

when everyone learns in which city the national team will be playing everything here as well as in the other countries taking part will change. after the teams arrive the atmosphere will get more intense but when they will start playing everything will be completely different. every city will be filled with fans with plenty of emotion the world cup is something special there are people who attend every tournament to support their teams and enjoy the moment soon we will be able to feel that you're here football fever is catching on that russia argentina much almost eight hundred thousand people watching it at the luzhniki for a friendly match and just a reminder the stan collymore show is shown every friday here on r.t. international chronicling the road to russia twenty eight i'll see you again in thirty minutes time or r.t. programs start now.

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