we need to make sure that we reduce arms trade multilaterally that's why i am pleased of course that britain has signed the arms trade treaty something russia hasn't and we need to persuade russia and coerce russia to do that and we need to make sure that we do that in a diplomatic way not in a aggressive way but the danger is that if we keep watering down our own requirements we will become no better than russia no better than iran and that is not what we should do. they have been selling arms to going to try to defeat us is going to reenter yes but what i mean in terms of arms sales we become no better in the sense that we don't have an independent body monitoring the russian around sell weapons according to political decisions rather than looking at the whole humanitarian issue you can make sure those weapons are not going to be used to breach international humanitarian law you can make sure that those weapons we know that britain is really the center arguably over whether it be destroying africa's

respect you have a country of libya whether review iraq war or to your party's leadership of this country or are trying to attack iran through because only exactions or afghanistan are totally wrong those actions that's why we need to start speaking up now we need to realize the awful atrocities that this country over generations and over hundreds of years has committed in its international foreign policy and its policy of exporting weapons and it is now is the time we need to realize that jeremy to me in the iraq war and in the syrian discussions we were on the streets arguing this now we are in parliament and now he is the leader of our party we now need to start making sure that no longer do we have to have people out on the streets protesting to try and stop these kinds of things but that we create laws and we create scrutiny so that never again we learned as human beings we must learn from our mistakes and if we can't we are not human beings at all lord russell boyle thank you. after the break as the powerful tinker with neoliberalism in switzerland the

british n.g.o.s tells us increased wealth for the few hundred seventeen could have ended global industry in poverty seven times over i'm from headlines find out how russia could go nuclear british defense cuts and how britain's migrant policy is all that see all this i'm all coming up about two of going on the ground. yes i was but with the police why are you. helping the last election i believe will move forward so will most of the young come we will all suitable for you know one of them stood up and we will push it out so keeping fit thank you for the kind of hand you do to the you know the middle of

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welcome back to go through some week stories now is broadcast of all the liberal democrat member of parliament lembit opec let's go straight to your obvious fear that russia is about to invade the united kingdom well we should all be afraid it's the express after all for crying out loud option and they're reporting this russia likely to target u.k. with nuclear attack if defense funds cut extra warns the extra admiral is someone else not the guy chris parry circling the night of the realm tell me what the british army so little purse carter he's the main man there and he seems to be suggesting also that we could be naked in the theater of war if we make army cuts and defense cuts is a good and has made it clear that the or the russians want to invade britain bring back the cold war because obviously the cuts we're talking about just leave us completely exposed and since the european union will be turning its back on us and troubles busy to who knows what could be happening we could be doing this in

russian in a year's time thanks to these cuts and on the other hand should the head of the british army be telling the russians that now is a good time to invade i'm not sure that really works is bill let's remember the russians did tell us that the new super carrier was a convenient big targets let's go to the right let's go to this brilliant strategy where one month away from when the start of u.k. or covert operations to destroy the libyan government how well is the libya war working well now it's your turn is not actually vali it's very rude but your turn gives away the concerns in this article the independent reports britain strategy to target smugglers sending migrant boats across mediterranean doomed to fail study suggests not the most illiterate of title but in essence what's happened is a learned piece of work i believe by dr campania at cambridge university's institute of criminology says that not only is this an ineffective strategy to try and force people back it could be illegal you're sending them back to very bad.

circumstances and that could violate the if this is the strategy of the british government to send boats to just stop desperate people from doing what they want to do desperately hope that he might get away from wars and this isn't the first time this has been tried there was a debate about whether the mediterranean forces should make it so dangerous so difficult to come across that people wouldn't bother trying the ultimate vote it was no letters to get that one britain may be having a go at this now and the independent i think rightly say hold on a second you cambridge university study out of africa i wonder whether the government will have a look at a look at the i suspect they were aligned in the past forty eight hours former capital executive john tizard one of korban shadow minister says that the the hundred billion pound outsourcing miss should be brought back into democratic control let's go to this story from the canary the reverberations of this multi-billion failure of karelia from trouble on the high seas were all at sea with this one to the canary reports exclusive leaked files reveal karelians payments to block listing agency and far more this story has rumbled on for quite

a while now there are explicit claims thanks in large part to the g.m.b. union it turns out that i'm not getting fourteen thousand seven hundred twenty four names at least have been illegally investigated by the consulting association a form of blacklisting to try and courtesy allegation i'm sure we'll be going to the consulting agency to find out whether in fact they were blacklisting your seem to be presenting it like. oh i'm just saying they were they were shut down we are yes that. was the other but this is a likely one of brando on the watch of rogers and if we're really saying this is how our service is it hospitals schools prisons you name it in the public sector being run like on the water yes we are saying that and this our time today is by the day well in the sense that the caribbean was making a profit on partly they weren't making much of a profit so only being subsidized now well they've been big movements in the kensington and chelsea council here in the richest borer of this. country which is

part of this country something from kensington and chelsea here are along with a grim story of grand for the movement song nearly as big as one would have expected the guardian reports only three out of one hundred sixty social housing towers required after grandfather thought as of this week that's right they've had i think seven months since the incident which killed in the forty which killed over seventy people in grenfell tower that's remember that was in large part because the external cladding turned out to be flammable get this action there are more buildings clad with that climb of all material now than at the time of the incident now the government's trying to fob this off a little bit on the local authorities there saying such a job it says that not very many councils are given the information needed to make these funds available but come on let's just be realistic seventy people seventy plus people died here and there are tens of thousands of people living in virtually identical circumstances to this all over the country now that is not exactly the

kind of legacy edge expected from grandfather in fairness lembit a quarter of the grunfeld tenants have been permanently rehabbed this means three quarters haven't that's all you need to remember and since june all this on the day today when universal credit is on trial in parliament does the employment minister alex sharma give evidence what a context for all of these stories the meadowbrook thank you well from arguably the disastrous rollout of universal credit let alone the housing crisis to forty two individuals having as much wealth as nearly four billion of the world's poorest here to go to oxfam's latest inequality award is the engineers u.k. deputy head of research deborah harder and deborah welcome to going on the grounds of tell me about the report would you cause coincides with the world economic forum meeting in davos in switzerland writes they this week we've got the world's rich and powerful gathering in the mountains of data talking about the way that the economy and their level have great statistics of growth and then we have saying great as well they wouldn't say it's for their every one. but what we find in the

data is the billionaires have done extremely well the richest one percent of them extremely well they've got eighty two percent of total growth that's happened over the last twelve months what we're doing with this report is bringing into this story bring into this event in davos the story of everyone else the rest of the distribution the ninety nine percent the fit the bottom fifty percent we're talking about the poorest ten percent of people that still live in extreme poverty and particularly we're talking about the workers that work hard to help support these businesses profit making enterprise is everything that the economy is founded on and still live in poverty you see you're more golding's the concentration of extreme world is a symptom of a system that is failing but it is a system well if you look at the way that the economy is rewarding wealth you know you look at for example the billionaires the billionaires have made seven hundred sixty two billion in twelve months from what from a really great performing stock market in many cases and at the same time look at

that money you look at well i think what else could have done if it was distributed more fairly if for example if we ended the tax havens and we were able to capture some of that wealth and put it into a budget that could be spent on public services that could really help those at the bottom of the distribution are kind of mass that seven hundred sixty two billion could end extreme poverty seven times over so it's about choices right it's about an economy that's able to deliver all these returns for wealth at the top that is leaving many behind eyes was what i was getting at when i was talking about your c.e.o. saying it is into a system that is failing even mainstream media we're now hearing about whether it is western capitalism that is responsible for these sorts of figures that are in your report yeah i mean we're certainly not alone in raising awareness of the crisis of inequality and the way indeed. system was i mean andy how dana chief

economist of the bank of england has said that the way for example that companies are organized to extract value and to live or it to shareholders is corrosive for the economy so there's plenty of other thinkers that are worried about this the i.f.'s in the way have said inequality and poverty are likely to increase over the next five to fifteen years and that's a concern so there's plenty of other organizations that are concerned about inequality and concerned about the economic and social impacts of it the i.m.f. hardly a kind of left leaning and zero g. you have written extensively on the damaging consequences of inequality for growth and for the prosperity of countries i don't know how defensive some of the. new liberalizations are but the others with as you said about your report that you haven't even said it in the report said what are you saying confiscation of the

wealthy is resources that would you are recommending and julie that would put us all at risk with saying actually when it comes to resource is and if you think about a lot of the resources of the extremely wealthy many of them are embedded in companies so we're talking about stocks and shares and what we think is a better idea is to have ownership of those assets much more equally distributed in the way that companies are able to run cooperatives for example so the you have workers with a stake in the business and when the company does well those rewards are distributed evenly amongst the workers as opposed to concentrated returns for those at the top that are the inside of us like john lewis or that we go to an international audience they probably won't know that department store what about other n.g.o.s save the children is saying a quarter of all children in this country under the age of five are living in poverty is worse in wales a little bit worse in scotland are all the ngos at the moment there was a report based. re saying the system is failing overall i think there's increasing

recognition that to address the things that we care about most whether it's an ngo that's looking at housing or whether it's save the children or whether it's oxfam looking at poverty in the u.k. or the joseph roundtree foundation who you found that one in eight people that are working a living in poverty there's many of these organizations that are recognizing that to address all these concerns we have to look at where the power is and where the wealth is and so yes i think there is a kind of common discourse that we have to look at inequality if we're going to fight for the causes that are really important to us about the danger that. these elites will actually divide those who are already poor from one another there's obviously case of malnutrition in britain legacy arguably the twenty rate rises how because they can see the c.e.o.'s earning that much money is this ninety nine percent because they are dividing itself did you see anything like that in the

research where we need to build a new narrative and what we need is a new economic model that works better for people and that doesn't build those kind of divides in society that you're referring to and this is possible and there are way in policies and there are you know business models and there are all sorts of things that we can do to actually make it a fairer society and that's not pitting one person against another person so that we're not this kind of race to the bottom in competition i mean in ecuador the legislation on the minimum wage is now such that it must be a living wage so this is just raising the floor so that everybody resumes as she introduced here of course it's not quite on the same not. living wage that many people would or the living wage foundation for one would call a living wage. i mean another example is in iceland that is now illegal to discriminate between men and women on pay so this isn't pitting one person against another this is creating an environment where we're saying you know things have got to be fairer things have got to be more just and these kind of policies doable with

possible and it just creates a much fairer environment for everyone and just very briefly the electoral cations of this report can we see in this report shades of why the midwest of the united states would go for donald trump something different why people go to jerry corbin here where people in this county went for broke why new political ideas are now being tossed around because it's getting this desperate i mean the data shows that there are large portions of the population in many countries that are feeling left behind that the economy is not working for them and so there's got to be implications for that in the way people feel about the way. that the society for that governments operating so we're not surprised that there are you know groups that are breaking away and looking for something. and so what we're trying to do is create a narrative. that is fair and just and that's not divisive because that's what people that the to feeling left behind by the system the mice and you know

representation of what would work for that and not something that would divide them . thank you and that's it for the show believe back on saturday just one of jeremy cool with his key problem and realize his former shadow emergencies minister chris williams and whether the n.h.s. is being used as a cash cow by a profit hungry pharmaceutical industry until the new computer to interact with us by social media a few ones out of a forty five years to the day of the signing of the paris peace accords officially signaling the crushing defeat of the united states of america by communist vietnam . days ago the u.s. secretary of defense james mattis updated in revised america's global defense strategy it is a dark vision of the world and calls for massive defense spending what he calls a defense strategy critics say is a blueprint for without it. apply

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tensions flare on the united nations as the u.s. dismisses a russian proposal to create. with investigating suspected. ultimately responsible for chemical attacks in the country since twenty five. but we're not going to accept any russian proposal that undermines our ability to get to the truth look at the fact that the u.s. proposal right from the start reveals the truth that they do not need an impartial investigative mechanism. the u.s. government to aid chiefs of destruction in. the streets after america's devastating bombing campaign against islamic state.

democrats claim russian response of all for intensifying calls for the release of a potential congressional memo on social media. exclusion of a number of clean up leaks from the upcoming winter olympics triggers and in the sporting community. from moscow to the world this is r.t. international a very warm welcome my name's union o'neill our top story there has been a bitter exchange between russia and america at the united nations over who's to blame for chemical attacks in syria such incidents should be investigated moscow says the previous investigative mechanism most completely flawed and put forward a proposal for a more transparent and credible system but it was rejected outright by the us.

russia is complicit in the assad regime's atrocities but you are acting as judge and prosecutor russia is running from the facts your behavior exposes your true motives russia has the audacity to lecture this security council this is a long political spectacle for not going to accept any russian proposal that undermines our ability to get to the truth we should at least have taken a look at the draft before rejecting it russia all on its own killed the mechanism we had specifically tasked to identify those responsible q what do you need an investigative mechanism for before an investigation you haven't cuse the syrian government of using chemical weapons. well the emergency security council meeting was called after reports emerged about another chemical attack in syria on monday the us secretary of state claimed that russia was ultimately responsible for all other such incidents since its twenty fifteen intervention in the conflict. whoever

conducted the attack russia ultimately bears responsibility for the victims of these and countless other syrian targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria the problem is it hasn't even been confirmed that these attacks even happened let alone who is responsible and there are only two sources saying this and both are notoriously pro-rebel this whole blame russia game continued at the security council and at the same nikki haley's statements were more about russia than anything else she even accused russia of killing the joint investigative mechanism but at the meeting russia said that the joint investigative mechanism became a political tool and called for an impartial investigation into all cases of chemical weapons use and syria including the joint investigative mechanisms new reports so we're not going to accept any russian proposal that undermines our ability to get to the truth or that politicizes what must be an independent and

impartial investigation to nationalisms the fact that the us dismissed up proposal right from the start reveals the truth that they do not need an impartial investigative mechanism so even though several other member states supported the proposal of a new impartial investigation the us rejected it saying that it's ready to bring back the old joint investigative mechanism quote but all other suggestions are unacceptable. well the mechanism similar mentioned there was established in twenty fifteen by the un security council along with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons together they drew up several reports accusing the syrian government of carrying out chemical attacks it included one of the deadliest in can't shake kuhn in april last year however experts did not actually visit the site before reaching their conclusions well the mandate for the joint team in vest has now expired and moscow wants changes made under a new body set up one of russia's the man says that site visits should be part of

any future investigation so that some polls can be taken directly it also underlined the importance of i witness accounts which have been heavily relied upon in the past by the united nations now we heard from security and political analyst . about the dispute he believes the u.s. is deliberately trying to create difficulties for moscow and of upcoming syrian peace talks in sochi this is the instigation i think by the americans because the timing is very interesting next week there's a conference and sochi and then such is the conference where the russian government is pushing forward national reconciliation in syria let's say on national dialogue an exchange between the different values groups in syria including the kurds by the way they want to get everything on the table to sit and talk and find a solution for the continuous suffering of the people for so many years and and i think that it doesn't play into the american interest and therefore they want to

actually cleared obstacles raising this issue and raising the tone in the security council russian proposal calls for a more credible. credibility investigation and the americans didn't even weren't even interested in reading the russian proposal and that is the problem and that is the threat back to finding any solution. well worth rex tillerson blaming moscow for chemical attacks in syria iraq goes d of took the opportunity to look at the suffering and devastation caused by washington's involvement in the conflict the end justifies the means they say some things no matter how horrible just have to be done. cool finances they have to be rooted out this is an ugly business but it is necessary business it's only when the dust settles and you see what you've done that you start having second thoughts this is when you say damn what did i just do

. the devastation goes back as far as you can see it is almost beyond description how deep the damage is as many as a thousand strikes a month on record alone just strikes not including. tanks and all that more than eighty percent of the city was deemed unfit to even by the u.n. a city hall but raised so let's start with the obvious incredible work has to be done just to get people back into their homes except we won't pay here's the disclaimer stabilisation not reconstruction the us will help fix the pipes but someone else is going to have to sort out the rest of this mess no sir the coalition freed you you do the rest we humanity ariens including the u.n. do not have access to iraq a city because of the presence of explosive hazard contamination which is

endangering people trying to return to iraq a city and it's also endangering humanitarian access over two hundred people have died while trying to return to their homes and hundreds more have been injured from our understanding of the reports that we have only a limited number of neighborhoods in iraq a city have been cleared for returns and that's mainly in the outskirts. so who is going to pay to rebuild an entire city the guys who held the straw it say they won't the civilians returning from tents in refugee camps the syrian government which doesn't even control raca who. with just weeks to go until the winter olympic games get under way in south korea more russian of fleets are now expecting their dreams of competing to be dust the international olympic committee sent a list of eligible participants to russia and among those missing who have never

failed the doping test in their entire careers. tensions in the sports world are hitting another high as the i.o.c. has confirmed that the number of russian athletes that are eligible to compete in the upcoming winter olympics is to be reduced now unexpectedly and without explanation now the full list of who is eligible has not yet been released but the russian olympic committee has disclosed a number of names that are thought to be who will be disqualified and that decision is ruffling feathers not only in russia but abroad as well a french sports outlet has published a article online condemning the disqualification of two athletes in particular we will not be embarrassed to speak about a denial of justice. and are banned from the olympics because they participated in the sochi games both have undergone hundreds of anti doping controls since two thousand and fourteen and dozens more in recent months control is carried out abroad controls carried out by independent bodies by federations and analyzed

throughout europe never in russia the result over the last four years a biathlete has never tested positive. in the is a by athlete who brought a gold home from sochi and he and his team mates. are leaders of team russia and were both two main hopefuls for winning medals and south korea as well they're both world champions and in all of their years competing neither has ever tested positive for doping and that's one of the reason the the decision as an injustice the tone of this editorial will not please everyone that's obvious but there are still questions about the integrity of the decision makers since when can we condemn innocent sportsmen to punish the guilty is obvious to ban the russians that don't also for the rest know the i was he has promised to publish the full list of eligible athletes on sunday just under two weeks before the start of the games leaving an appeal unlikely and that means the number of russian athletes who are still reeling.