more power positioning from saudi arabia's crown prince has gathered dozens of nations into a so-called arab the nato profile the middle eastern royal moves are reforming the region. there's more pressure on the u.s. from turkey over its arms supplies to syrian kurds reminding president that he apparently agreed to cut the flow of weapons. russia's fate of the twenty eighteen winter olympics is still in the balance with athletes struggling for clarity in the face of a possible blanket ban we hear the latest verdict on the doping scandal from sports chiefs. claims it doesn't prove.

a monday morning here in moscow welcome to the start of another week with news on r.t. international update this hour first to saudi arabia which has been hosting an islamic counter-terrorism summit which is already being described as a meeting of an arab nato it was opened by the saudi crown prince who underlined what he sees as the importance of the alliance. but for the last few years terrorism was at large in all our countries and most of these groups have been working in several countries at a time without there being a strong coordination between muslim countries but now we have this alliance. a coalition consists of forty one states and it's aimed at uniting them in fighting terrorism in arab countries however all of the members have sunni muslim dominated governments and that's leading to suspicions that it's really an alliance against

iran the regional muslim leader or coalitions being led by this man crown prince mohammed bin salman he's already made the headlines being described as a revolutionary politician and a new hope for saudi arabia even leading the race to top time magazine's person of the year reader's poll but i guess they have now profiles the man behind saudi arabia's rapidly shifting sand. he is the herald of the saudi arab spring the leading candidate for the person of the year on time's magazine's website a new hope for saudi arabia the callon prince. and he said in many occasions that is how these should be deemed big and it is nil and it makes foot out and pissant the saudi crown prince as one of the very few people who could take hold of the religious conservatives in saudi arabia mohamed bin some on the crown prince has a plan to transform not just the saudi economy but the saudi society of course

the media has a history of forming over incoming saudi kings take the new york times nine hundred fifty three saudi arabia's new king is progressive not as autocratic is his father they were right ten years later and mighty hills he's success as a social reformist so he did great things lifted a ban on television real liberal revolution nineteen eighty two new king new praise from the n.y.t. a leading figure in the progressive modernizing faction he then promptly blew the entire budget on guns and jailed the critics can't please everyone fast forward to two thousand and seventy and the new york times delivers it's always been cited is a young leader who is driving religious and economic reform again moderate

maybe by saudi standards king solomon with his young crown prince a thirty two year old leader pushing against his anti-corruption drive it did raise some eyebrows because on the same weekend they introduced the anti-corruption committee he came down like a hammer again. some prominent business people three weeks ago he arrested eleven princes four former ministers and dozens and dozens of other well to do over corruption or maybe corruption regardless they have now agreed or maybe agreed to give up one hundred billion gotten gains some say is in a rush to take power from his father others and i haven't been summoned isn't a path to reform saudi arabia if reform means jailing everyone until they give you one hundred billion dollars this guy's

a real liberal champ it will have won him many friends in this way embarrassing so many powerful people and his promise of reform won't make the very religious majority happy either he's caught between a bunch of religious zealots and a bunch of humiliated elites but if he treats his countrymen like this what hope is there for his neighbors. let's not forget this same moderate prince launched an invasion of yemen which has killed and he's killing thousands and thousands of innocents causing untold suffering he's all but lost in syria jihad is there outmatched well he goof around to perhaps get the region's new hitler see is called iran's supreme leader pundits are now claiming that he'll either win the everything will fail

spectacularly or he could do what every single previous king did which is not a lot like uncle like father like son. of the same time saudi arabia's passed a new counterterrorism low but human rights watch is worried that the laws definition of terrorism is too vague. for example portraying a king or crown prince in quote a man of the brings religion or justice into disrepute could land the person in jail for ten years gregory copley from the international strategic studies association says the saudi royal might not be the reformer he appears to be pleased to have been someone is not what you call a moderate leader crown prince mohammed is not any more or less extreme his father keeps on is only human and on the issues in syria and iraq and so on he knows that he has to move very very quickly if he is to save saudi arabia from its impending economic and strategic disaster so he will not be moderate he cannot

afford to be moderate the question is will his plan work and will he or will use fire in fact. agree a backlash which might topple his grasp for the throne itself and we also hear of you survive that. he says it's high time the united states stopped arming kurdish forces in syria the group considered to be terrorists by ankara has been fighting islamic state in the region but with ice all but defeated there the presidents of the u.s. and turkey seemingly agreed on friday to end support going to the kurds. and our friend and ally told us every time that it was not an option but an obligation since i still has now been eliminated this obligation has disappeared or forcing to finally does cut its military supplies going to the kurds it will go some way to easing the current tension between turkey and the united states that issue's been

a long term stumbling block in relations between the two nato allies with ankara claiming the us is arming one terror group to fight another however america seemingly defines the various kurdish groups in the region in its own way as america are now explains. kurds the largest stateless minority in the world. the kurdish population is in turkey iraq and syria and it seems for the us it's more about where they are rather than who they are. let's start with turkey on one side and cora washington's regional and nato ally on the other and cars sworn enemy the rebellious kurdistan workers party fight against the dash terrorist organisation should not be left with another terror organization we want to believe that our allies would choose to stand beside us and not on the side of terrorist organizations well the choice is obvious and the us lists the p.k. k. as a terrorist group we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups

like isis and the p.k. k. . over in iraq the kurdish peshmerga were crucial when the us fight against the islamic state washington put up money and provided all the weapons they needed but with most of the fighting over so is america's benevolence iraqi kurds are losing the oil wells they fought out of terrorist control and the reserves are now going back under government control the us a bt and baghdad. the kurdish push for independence has also received the cold shoulder with secretary tillerson stating that the referendum and its results lacked legitimacy and the u.s. supports a united iraq the point that is very grit although we have a long and negative experience with america wrong size the sand talking to our body so they have

a strong. position against the encouraged of the iraqi government to come saw stronger. positions they think they can even cancel or even. start us off for there is a man called the start. off to neighboring syria where the kurdish y p g also got everything they needed from the u.s. in their fight against eisel money weapons training and we should be using we should be going to kurdish region to be that this may be really proving to be the most really do if we should be working with them. but they managed to hang on to the oil fields that they liberated with no questions from their american pals. washington claims that it seeks a unified and sovereign syria but it also wants a syria without assad i think the united states will continue to support the kurds

we heard general mattis and secretary of defense say only a few days ago that the united states would remain in northern syria in order to give traction to that you need of process and that means that the united states wants leverage they want leverage against us against russia and it gets to iran and of course the kurdish troops that the united states has been arming now only about twenty five percent of syria's territory in the north and somewhere around fifty percent of all the oil and gas in syria so this gives the kurds quite a bit of leverage well that's unless turkey gets its way with. mr trump clearly stated that he had given clear instructions not to provide the white p.g. with arms and that this nonsense should have ended long ago. the international olympic committee could be about to extend its ban on russian athletes based on the

results of more than twenty competitors who are facing doping allegations their fate will be decided on the fifth of december in what's been a lengthy doping scandal for team russia last year's mclaren report claimed moscow was running a state sponsored doping scheme moscow denied that saying it lacked evidence the world anti-doping agency seemingly backed that up when it cleared ninety five russian athletes due to insufficient proof yet water then required its russian counterpart to publicly admit the findings of the mclaren report based on the same data six russian athletes were given a lifetime ban from all a limb pick a vent and since then new information has been reportedly put forward it's said to prove systematic cheating in russia and it's renewed calls for team russia to be given a blanket ban for the twenty eighteen winter games peter all of has been quizzing athletics chiefs and the head of the world anti-doping agency about the allegations and russia's chances of competing. here up the play the game conference in the netherlands the great and good from sports administration and values tackled with

stopping drug cheats have gathered to discuss the future of the fight against doping in sport russia has been widely accused of running a state sponsored don't ping program but even the head of the world anti-doping agency told me that the smoking gun evidence for that still is yet to be put forward. because there was no state sponsored bill ping and the other or most of the other evidence in which claims that the law would not hinson it claims it doesn't prove it i want to. give them some time for a fish quite proof proof is there in. terms of reference were to do so for those there was an institutionalized conspiracy and he did. to produce details on a road with rules violations. evidence subsequently appeal then it me it might make it much more difficult electorate much easier for the international.

to go ahead against particular. russian athletes continue to face bombs for doping just recently a two are suspended for life from competing at the olympics and i also caught up with the former vice president of the international olympic committee and former head of water dick pound i asked him why there was so much focus on russia and were individual sporting federations perhaps responsible for turning a blind eye to other dopers it's unprecedented to see this level of scrutiny certainly what i've seen on a country like russia when you have another scandal in kenya when you have allegations a lot of people in british cycling are involved in. there's not the focus on those groups like there is on russia why is that it will here we have. clear evidence of cheating on a state sponsored basis that's anathema to the spice questions being raised about

the with the mclaren report you would still say despite having no strong evidence you would state that this was state sponsored doping yes it is and i think there was lots of evidence there does seem to be though a real political element in decisions making made in sport what would you say to that i would say that probably not at least in this case it has nothing to do with with supporting country x. versus country y. but with less than three months to go before the winter olympics kicks off in south korea russian athletes are becoming increasingly frustrated at a lack of clarity of whether they're even be able to compete chan peter all over the netherlands a support group has been set up in britain to help the relatives of extremists and it's proving divisive we're going to take a look about for you next and also the deeply unwelcoming sign outside a polish hotel that could land in big trouble.

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when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. the brother of a british jihadi fighters have set up a support group for the families of extremists he says they're being stigmatized in face isolation in the u.k. while also grieving for the loss by name of michael evans and i know the pain of losing a loved one to extremism i lost my brother. in twenty fifteen when he was killed in kenya. and i know spirit there is no for poor out there family and i want to make sure that change of safe is an independent support service for those struggling to come to terms with losing loved ones to terror it's launched a helpline to provide emotional support and information for families there they can share their experiences of being damaged by extremist ideology without the fear of

being judged. more than eight hundred british citizens have gone to iraq and syria to fight alongside radical groups and it's thought that around half of them have returned to the u.k. the largest number in europe as for how to handle those who return you know neils been discussing just how divisive an issue it is. perfectly free to set such a group up however my question would be that when you're talking about what should be widely supported i think frankly we should be thinking an awful lot more about the victims of isis rather than of the of the families of those who have committed those atrocities it's important to understand that family members of also victims to some degree i think they have gone through a lot of emotional psychological and social trauma and isolation and every right to set up such groups to support one another to through this process of grieving and hardship what

a by thieves fighters or indeed sympathizers who return to your country should they be reunited with their families i prefer the more the danish model is not ideal and the danish model is a you allow them to come back and we integrate back to society and provide for political support because legally speaking they have not actually committed a crime on the in this land besides being a part of a prescribe group which yes is a crime in of itself if we are to give a free pass to people who have done that returning then what we also do is we send out completely the wrong message to all those who might be tempted by such things in the future so i think you know where the crime has been committed then the law needs to be enforced properly and to prosecute those crimes first and then you think about the ways in which you can do a awful lot more in terms of council article is ation in stopping these things from happening in the future but you have to have the rule of law first. the charred

remains of the grenfell tower block in west london are a grim reminder of a community torn apart and who feel the system's let them down seventy one people died when fire swept rapidly through the building in june but the survivors and those who are left homeless say the tragedies energize them into taking a stand investigative documentary makers redfish have compiled some of their stories and their film is next week here on r.t. . i was born a girl for how it was my whole for twenty five years the firewood the four instead of. going food changed everything you talk politics now and how we can take power. if not shut people out we can change this community. we need to realize that collectively we have real power with real real power to shape our destinies and to be artisans of operate so we need to seize these opportunities in an organizing much.

anyone can place was over the ones on the fence but it's unethical and not the way for people to behave the main thing is that they behave well and respect the law the world jewish congress has made it clear accusing the polish authorities of failing to prosecute the hotel owner israeli jewish studies professor jeffrey wolf told us there's a worrying rise in anti-semitism in poland. the jewish population is very very concerned they find it very worrying i spoke to a number represented a number of representatives of the community today. but on the other hand they know how much good work that has been done and is ongoing between the jewish community in warsaw and and elsewhere in krakow and the jewish community and the and the general community for example. the fact of the matter is that rabbis are now teaching about israel in judaism in the public schools not just not just informally

so you're talking about a very mix that you ation but this is definitely a throwback and the rise of polish nationalism appears to be going together with. an increase over. which was a rebirth of of anti-semitic feelings and. actions. and the way is among the first countries to receive that shipment of new american f. thirty five fighter jets and they may have got more than they bargained for the norwegian military claims that the planes send sensitive data back to the manufacturer in the u.s. lockheed martin after every flight to see the electra from australia's royal melbourne institute for technology says that could be enough to pull off other countries from buying the jet. reality of it is is that if you're dealing with a company like lockheed martin if you're dealing with manufacturers if you're dealing with the trump presidency there are always going to of course be looking

out for their interests and in this particular case if you are in the business of purchasing such weapons and you're purchasing such products it does come with a risk and that's the reality of the arms business but it is also cost a phenomenal amount and it's also remember this is a very important thing it costs a lot to keep and of course the upkeep costs are very high certain defense forces that have been operability out into opera billeted with the u.s. forces and so those for example like australia are very happy or will continue with you know being involved with such machines as the f. thirty five but other countries with greater flexibility may take a second look at this thirty five fighter jet seemingly caught on to the trend of sort of data collection in a way similar to what's been happening with smartphones and other devices.

refrigerators and coffee makers and every other thing people buy has a computer in it and these things are always talking to each other and that's what they call the internet of things i'm sure this is a much more sophisticated version of that is especially something as dependent on computers as fighter aircraft is always is talking to somebody and exchanging all sorts of data especially with the manufacturer. right that's it for now catch up with all video news and programs on our you tube channel i'll be back here to update you again in about half an hour thanks for watching on t.v. .

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