there is no evidence of kremlin meddling in catalonia valley is the message from spain's prime minister in response to claims of russian involvement in the region's independence referendum also coming up. the u.k. prime minister is out of russia in a speech her critics say is designed to deflect attention from the struggling brakes in negotiations. facing immense pressure from the u.s. justice department this channel is forced to register as a foreign agent in america we take a look at what got me for our. live from our international news center right here in moscow this is our team my names

you know me very welcome to the program our top story spain's prime minister said there is no evidence that russian government interfered in catalonia is independence referendum the comment comes in response to claims in the media that moscow was attempting to meddle with more. unless the see it. as if we haven't seen enough attempts recently to try to drag russia and certain events unraveling in the west lately we've seen attempts to try to implicate russian activity even in the catchline crisis despite this year's long standoff between barcelona and madrid really newspaper headlines from around the world have seen galore excitement about potential russian meddling yet again for instance a big spanish newspaper el pais certainly seem to have dedicated lots of attention to russia despite this being obviously a national crisis we've seen also this week in brussels some spanish officials

trying to talk to their e.u. partners on this topic discuss the possibility of russia have been carried out some kind of decent destabilisation activity when it comes to the cattle our friend i'm and the events that unraveled afterwards however we have seen high ranking officials such as the high representative of the you for foreign affairs frederica marini as well as nato secretary general even not comment on these issues following those meetings and of course the spanish prime minister himself marianna rahowa said that there is no proof i have no data which can be used as evidence on the involvement of the russian government nothing well we've heard similar message come from the spanish foreign minister as well so now with these high profile comments being made by spanish politicians hopefully this topic will have exhausted itself and speed will be able to move forward in actually solving the biggest crisis to

touch this nation in a generation. britain's prime minister has joined the bandwagon making russia major topic of a twenty minute speech mentioning the country new fewer than a talent. chief among those today of course is russia but it is russia's actions russia's illegal annexation of crimea so i have a very simple message for russia because we know there's a strong and prosperous russia russia has the reach and the responsibility russia can russia does not the british p.m.'s message comes on the back of a tough week for her domestically treason may continues to be hounded by m.p.'s over her brags it negotiations which are seemingly yet to yield 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 where pressure is also building on may with rumors that forty and b.'s are reading

a letter of no confidence that number is just eight short of the required total to force a new leadership election within her conservative party we discuss the p.m.'s predicament with party veteran and former government minister peter lilley he believes her speech was not just directed at moscow it was as much a message to europe because 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 want to continue to be allied with our 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 half war she was saying that we won't call 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 heman we don't like each other's regimes we are natural allies. now after facing months of pressure from washington r.t. america has now been forced to register as a foreign agent in the u.s. and you are trying to break stone what that means for the channel. 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 was the purpose of the u.s. department of justice in the twenty first century they said at deadline for r.t. america 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 by america requires 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 cracked out 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 we're 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 as. 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 won't be lying if i say that here at r.t. 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 sir the russian foreign minister once again say that steps and response will be taken. to tough measures mean adequate measures you

may come up with a difference to do with the president's already senators 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 we also heard from the vice peaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s.

or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia. just to remind you the pressure on our team began after u.s. intelligence claimed her china was an instrument for meddling in. in america back in september the justice department then demanded we register as a foreign agent social media then began blocking our adverts on google you tube and twitter they did the head of testimony in congress this point having no problem with hard to prior to that. we have spoken to believe the measures against our team are to a deflection tactic. unwillingness to acknowledge domestic problems. let's say awesome questions now go to markets papadopoulos markets is publisher and editor of politics first marcus always good to have you all on the program just in the overall thing that's happening here why is r t do you think facing such an preceded pressure from the u.s.

government being forced to register as a foreign agent. well i'm very concerned about this development because what it means is that freedom of speech and freedom of the press in america is under attack it's under attack not just by the american government it's under attack by american mainstream media and when you put the american governments and american mainstream media together for you come up with the the american stepless mintz and the real reason why r.t. is under attack by the american establishment is because art for a number of years now has been exposed in the reckless criminal murderous foreign policy of washington r.t. has almost singlehandedly exposed in the context of syria how the american government has been supporting the various. terrorist groups operating in that country including isis so now the american government for the american government

it is payback time the committee to protect journalists has criticized the measure marcus to what extent do you think we're going to see other media rights groups politicians speak out about this because as you alluded to it's a slippery slope is it not that if this can happen to our t. where is the line drawn after that. well as i said i believe these are very very dangerous times for america in the context of freedom of speech i sincerely hope that as many right minded politicians and journalists in america will speak out against it but you know there's another dimension to this what does this mean for american citizens who are working for r.t. in america i am very alarmed by the consequences the possible consequences of liston r.t. as a foreign agents because firstly it could severely damage the reputation and the integrity of american citizens who are working for r.t.

and thereby could deprive them of a livelihood. but also let's be aware of an even more sinister potential consequences we are all aware of the anti russian hysteria presence in america now i'm an american nationalist or someone in america who is mentally unsound could one day see an american citizen reporting for auti and then think to themselves well this is a this is a russian propagandist this is a this is an american citizen who is a traitor and who is representing a foreign government action needs to be taken them this person concerned and nationalists or something that's not well mentally speaking could take things into their own hands and could physically harm american citizens characterize their work and for our to carry us further. i think and not point because our t. ok receives funding from the russian government but how does that this thing with

shit from other state funded media working in the us is it apart from the fact that it's russia and not for instance britain or france when you talk about b.b.c. or fronts twenty four the difference is a hard line there. yes look russia r.t. is is is funded by the russian government no different to how b.b.c. news is funded by the british government if american policy makers are going to contend that russian propaganda whoa the logical conclusion to draw from that is that b.b.c. news is british propaganda the reality is that all it see has been targeted because it is exposing as i said the reckless murderous and criminal foreign policy of america has shown how the americans are collaborating with the numerous terrorist groups in syria from isis to al nusra to to the f.s.a.

and of course american policy makers are. you know where the rush of today in two thousand and seventeen is a very powerful country and it is challenging american global dominance marcus thanks for your time and thoughts this hour and coming on the program marcus papadopoulos he's the publisher and editor of politics first in the u.k. . a british teacher's in trouble for saying to his pupils we've got the details reaction when we come back.

a little sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles. that you saw for the tell you that will be gossip and public but also the most important news today. i'm telling you on the cool enough to buy your product. all the hawks that we along. with one. ok let's start back in the middle east where thousands of people in yemen have lined the capital streets in protest against the saudi led blockade of the country

just a reminder last week riyadh introduced a full blockade on yemen closing all access by air on by sea the saudi led coalition entered the civil war in twenty fifteen supporting the us government against the rebels its blockades have left millions starving has led 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 about they would roll back the blockade to a partial one again however human rights watch say that claim is a form of quote cruel fiction explaining that the ports riyadh will reopen are not enough to provide essential supplies of food and medicine so the arabia says it will continue with the partial blockade until it's convinced there is no flow of weapons from iran going to rebels well the civil war in the yemen is seen by middle east analysts 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 company. 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 at riyadh earlier this month has already got the saudis talking about direct aggression and war the coalition's command 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 in 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's where 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 the with the rebels in yemen backed by iran saudi backing of sunni rebel groups in syria iran's support the assad government both of those conflicts are exactly

pending 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 run. 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. that gives you just an indicator of how far will have been sold it 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 or starting. guarantees or chance of winning i think it would go away with a war but i think saudi arabia believes it doesn't have a chance of winning a war against iran the rhetoric might be at a boiling point at the moment but there's still no sign either side is ready for open conflict. a british school teacher has been suspended after praising his students just to a sutcliffe congratulated his math class by saying well don girls but said one pupil who identifies as meal the teacher insists he apologized immediately and sees

it was an accident the student in question. came in did very well and then i said rather than girls you started really well and i was met with a fierce rebuttal. and i sincerely apologize. i then found six weeks later that i was going to be under investigation for a mis gendering within the community and this really for one day 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 josh also told me that he believes he's being 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. mission mine is that christians are unable to. live out their faith in a professional setting the only incident is a big talking point in britain right now as to whether the school is highlighting a sensitive issue that needs careful handling or simply overreacting this particular teacher accidentally missed gender by calling a trans boy pupil a girl it was not intentional he hadn't meant to cause a phone so i think that his suspension is disproportionate i think that the school should obvious to the 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 he's got a 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 and 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. 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 much over the weekend didn't quite go the way of the host though finishing one nil to the south americans after striker sergio aguero grabbed a late winner with the anticipation building fast for the tournament r t spoke exclusively to the president of the argentine football association to get his impressions about moscow on the twenty eighteen fifa world cup. and when 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 another important thing is that it's very calm out here despite all the refer to create better infrastructure for the tournament. for us it was an honor to be the first national team to play at the reopening of such a symbolic stadium we were very excited about this doubt it is one of the best

stadiums there is i've been travelling a lot but i've seen a lot and i was always amazed by how modern and well constructed stadiums are but this is one of the best. it happens because of the important role that russia plays on the international stage today but i think that this is the reason russia has been criticized for that we have competed in many world cups sometimes playing on american football pitches there were cases when the stadiums were painted right before the game but here seven to eight months prior to the championship 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. girl has already started in the lead up to the world cup after the draw when when everyone learns in which city the national team 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. we have the content has well truly began to world cup at twenty eighteen here in russia everybody looking forward to that i'll be back in thirty five minutes time with more news but in the meantime here are some r.t. programs right ahead. they all.

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group that i don't really know. greetings and salyut h. you know every so often hawk watchers generally through a combination of outrage hubris and ego the veil covering up who really pulls the strings in washington d.c. gets gets lifted in a crack of light shines through illuminating just how corrupt and irresponsible to the many the system has now become recently one of those rare great moments came courtesy of diamond resorts international founder and major democratic party donor steven kull back who gallop answered on the m s n b c and tore down the veil after being asked asked by host stephanie ruhle if the democratic party is right to adopt

the message of the bernie sanders down with the billionaires progressives here was his response. it's so f.n. wrong whoa i've talked to schumer i've talked to whiten i've talked to and said what i said if you used the term billionaires again i'm done who call back when i say during the course of the interview that we should be the party of doing well we should be the party of business and leadership and i've made it very clear i'll cut your money off and others will do the same we've had enough we need to re brand and that plagues and gentlemen is how politics really works it's the big donors the steve include backs the sheldon adelson the koch brothers who decide just what the party message shall be otherwise no money for you no money for you and with super pacs raising over one point five billion in campaign money and

according to the washington post just ten mega donor individuals and couples contributed nearly twenty percent of the one point one billion raised by super pacs by the end of august in that presidential election cycle of last year the new gilded age of politics is here in washington and around the world it is not going anywhere which is why we are watching the hawks. that's. the part of it. that i got.

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