the british foreign secretary has defended u.k. ties with saudi arabia that's after the saudi crown prince's three day visit to london prompted protests outside downing street denouncing riyadh's deadly ongoing three year bombing campaign in yemen britain supports saudi arabia's right to defend its national security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including react. any solution to the conflict must ensure that saudi arabia no longer faces this cross border security threat approximately four hundred people gathered to protest the royal visit activists condemned the war in yemen and slam u.k. arms sales to the kingdom a similar concerns were also raised in parliament by the leader of the opposition a humanitarian disaster is now taking place in yemen millions face starvation six hundred thousand children have cholera because of the

saudi led bombing campaign and the bloc a germany has suspended arms sales to saudi arabia but british arms sales of sharply increased and british military advisers are directing the wall it cannot be right that her government this is cannot be right that her government is true looting in one of the united nations ses is evidence of war crimes well some came out in support of the saudi crown prince's visit and to ensure a warm reception a promotional ad campaign was launched the prince's face adorn the sides of black bands as well as billboards throughout the city center these ads though had to contend with a red double decker bus that one right there carrying banners and branding salving crown prince a war criminal some of those we spoke to see the pros saudi p.r. blitz as propaganda. but isn't convincing anyone in the u.k.

that the abuses of human rights the saudis are doing good it's just propaganda for them back home to say oh look look how look at what this great well it's just a blatant propaganda display say it comes back to reflect badly on saudi arabia and they're trying to manipulate this public opinion on the eve of the visit saudi arabia's foreign minister tried to ease the concerns of critics saying that the war in yemen had been quote imposed on riyadh yeah that it was a justified war backed by international law although you know calls it the worst manmade humanitarian crisis in history. motivated hostility and crime against germans in berlin is becoming more commonplace that is according to the capital's security chief correspondent peter all of it takes a closer look. the berlin interior minister has had some pretty unexpected things to say about how native germans trust in the nation's capital i have heard it's not

the norm but it is becoming more common to keep quiet about it would be wrong a recent survey has shown that where is this time last year around two thirds of the said they felt safe in their city that's around just over half these days while those that said they felt very insecure it risen from nine percent a year ago to around sixteen percent right now as for what is fueling those fears or sort of pointed towards the influx of refugees and migrants into areas like this . district the local integration officer here says this well refugees don't fear arrest is they know that they'll be instantly released by the police should they be caught breaking the law does is the i don't think crime has decreased on the contrary it's actually increased i'd say ninety five percent of the crimes here are committed by foreigners that's way too much i think in general

due to social media people start to panic way earlier. this is way news spread quite quickly and. i would say that berlin has gotten more dangerous than any pain i think it's just because of all the news server like it's spread all over the balloon and they just make a big deal out of every time the crime that's committed. this is you and so political our politicians should be made to commute using the underground for one week and then made to hang out in this neighborhood that way they would see what the situation is really like it's become very hostile and aggressive not nice at all. some of the politicians who represent the area say the perception of danger could become the new reality. if the majority of the people have the feeling that they don't feel secure anymore then there is some some basics for that and i think one of the problems is that the figure

a sort of official from the police. but there are many things that even declared to the police as crime or as harassment or whatever you can call it because they know well the police cannot do anything about it because our justice system is like that well they come in for maybe five hours and then they let them off again punishment is something that evidently or apparently in berlin context isn't there anymore and perhaps things could get worse that's driving public opinion to feel that the german capital has. still to come on the program one of the dispute over gas supplies between russia and ukraine has come to a head that story after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the

world of politics business i'm show business. under-performing the stock market oh my god blackstone one arbitrage opportunity brought a mixture self i suggest you short yourselves a par lunny into you eviscerate your own corporate balance sheet and then blow your brains out on live t.v. they gave us a kind of fund experience for the financial predatory class. your column said that. something is good in kosovo oh but for barcelona. but for. whatever. i do the principle is good all the principle is bad has to be apply equally and

that is not being done. it is good to have you with us today ukraine has started seizing assets belonging to russian energy giant gazprom it's following a long time dispute over gas supplies that is out there despite an appeal case still being heard by a court in stockholm. has the story. russia and ukraine could be on the brink of an all out gas war again kiev's begun seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gas but a few days ago gasper said it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with ukraine's nafta gas and russia's gas from have been settling their disputes in a style called arbitration court and in the last few years there have been so many

issues and between these two but just a short while ago one stockholm tribunals decision forced the firm to pay the russians a sum of about two billion u.s. dollars that was basically a gas bill that they hadn't paid but then the latest decision was that russia's gas brom must pay ukraine's nafta gatt as more than four point six billion u.s. dollars that was for abusing their position as a monopoly and if you do the math then moscow ends up owing more than two point five billion u.s. dollars and the bosses aghast for more extremely unhappy they were saying that the reasoning for that was completely unfair and that they're just bailing out a shattered economy which many times as we've seen just couldn't pay for the gas that they were buying now betrayed says justified the decision by the show of deterioration in the economy categorically against the economic problems been

solved expands if there's jenga tower of contracts for the purchases the transit and all the political issues to top all that off collapse says staying warm in eastern europe during this very cold spring as we all know kids become an issue it's not in any of russia's interest to spoil this reputation as a reliable partner but previously key of how. been caught for illegally siphoning off russia's gas intended for europe so there have been disruptions in gas deliveries but obviously russia had to protect its political and economic interests and technically it wasn't gas rahm's fault. the head of nato yen stoltenberg says the alliance plans to maintain its military presence in iraq as long as it has the approval of the country's government lead to all of the wrong if

we are invited to the government iraq and the reason why we now are planning for scaling up our dream disease quest from the iraqi government. the second we have no intentions to stay longer than necessary stauffenberg was speaking during our revenue to baghdad after the iraqi prime minister authorized further nato operations against i still but the premier's willingness to allow foreign troops to remain in the country is in stark contrast to the views of parliament last week lawmakers called on the government to set a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign forces now there are currently about fifty to one hundred u.s. troops stationed in iraq italy has the second largest contingent with approximately fifteen hundred and there followed by the u.k. a former u.s. congressman ron paul believes there's no justification for the continued military presence in iraq. our governments whether

they're of the democrat party or republican party they're generally indorse the thought idea that we have this moral obligation to straighten everything out and they use it as an excuse but there's always other reasons for doing this there's a group of people who see some secondary gain and there's a lot of profit to being made in oils and poor and all these things it's just time to come home we don't mind their own business and we had to save the money and we would be as strong as ever if not a lot stronger with our independence. because of the disruption and the chaos in iraq al qaeda has moved in so they weren't a problem and saddam hussein was not friendly with with al qaida it's a reaction to our policies our policies stir up these hatreds in the organizations of the radicals and there's

a growing number of people recognize this. californians seem to be getting increasingly irate about automation in san francisco for example there have been a number of attacks on self driving cars with passes by banging on their windows and bonnets and in the same city a robotic god was taken out of service after a public outcry at the security bought was tossed with shooing away homeless people from outside business offices it was vandalized numerous times during its patrols and now with new robotic kitchen assistant in a pasadena burger joint is also angering some. the robot as it's known has prompted the rise of the robots with some complaining

that jobs are being stolen from real people all those those see automation as inevitable and one expert told us it's no surprise that some people are angry. robotics is developing very fast and it's going to have a big impact said it's already having big so it's not surprising that you're already seeing these kinds of reactions from people when you start to talk about out. of jobs. by the introduction of. the economy. fifty percent unemployment ok that is a crisis is a social political economic crisis one of the possible outcomes and it won't lead wifely possible. is is massive violence. is kind of vandalism and sounds honest i think you'll be seeing but you'll be seeing even larger scale disruptions if there are appropriate adjustments in our political and

economic arrangements we need to start redistributing things more fairly we need to start to pay people to take care of people and communities and to do so many things and we in the end to make sure that people benefit technology instead of being dispossessed by technology. so it is march the eighth and women around the world are mocking international women's day including in madrid where they've certainly been making some noise. thank you. in support of women's rights talking slogans such as if we stop the world stops people in south korea seoul came to the streets in support of the me to the movement calling for sex offenders to be brought to justice meanwhile the p.r. efforts of some was meant to be in support of women have been branded as patronize

ing he's. taking a closer i. think a label commemoration every women's rights and child to right and wrong that some companies say. it's a shock to some top p.r. by showing their support for women although successfully take this french anti harassment campaign showing female passengers on public transport was being preyed on by animals instead of people a metaphor which hit the buffers with a few fellow travelers. have never been. in the much of. the difference between the rule and then distance. is that i have never been harassed. and what about the people behind the retailers to. be a great idea to make the sick leave for women you know they could be more dainty and ladylike women don't like to crunch too loudly in public and they don't. sleep

and they don't like to poor little broken pieces and the flavor into them. tends out but judging by the reaction online most women found it tasteless just like with a company who expected to. appear even if it was a bit of stereotyping it felt that. if you have to explain the joke maybe it's not a very good job. otherwise. not the blue one is for boys. it seems that it's a marketing minefield when fans try winning at the women take for matching. the size it. is baffling as today is insulting so perhaps i'll miss stay when the struggle for

women's rights should be celebrated as maybe the p.r. guys let's face it they probably all guys should take some time out to change the pattern i think tank dropping the gender pigeonholing and remember that political correctness doesn't wash with women. so joining us here in aussie international on this day we are back with more world news in approximately. when you don't. see the teachers try to get a court to get. what they need not through only ten. let alone killed said. cement claiming to know terminated especially that. you speak french.

while the same. sandel for. busy signal to. the church secret indeed priests accused of sexually abusing children can get away with it literally i like to call this the do graphic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest is is a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot were the previous standards not the highest ranks of the catholic church conceal the accused priests from the police and justice system to that end of that film as the i intend to include at tuesday's out in.

its path. oh i'm actually guys are most of the guys are report step has not yet responded to our invitation to appear on the show but we're still going to try in the meantime let's talk about things that affect your life and my life stacy herbert what do you get your. way you know there are. flying nun flying most like a fly around the village and help people in size into their souls i can see

interest soul i'm sally field who. well you know you brought up in the last episode donald trump taking on the n.r.a. bizarrely like this is one of the only lobbyist groups that you cannot take on the rail of american politics it is you're never allowed to mention them maybe eyes and how it was the last person and he did it exiting didn't take on the n.r.a. but certainly took on the same sort of military industrial sort of weapons industrial complex but here just that it like in front of this bipartisan group of lawmakers and stunned everybody and they were like. what what what what how do we respond to that but the reason why this is important is because of course there are midterm elections coming up and. you know the theory always is that the incumbent party i.e.

the republicans lose big time in the midterm elections the first of the new administration and he should be losing big time so don't trump however is a wild card and of course nobody ever knows what sort of impact he has on things but this one is quite remarkable as g.o.p. tax cuts take hold dems struggle for a line of attack so this is from the washington post and they go to indiana where basically there's a democrat and a senator their first term and he's up for reelection against right now there are three republicans competing to be the nominee for the republican ticket to take him on and donald trump won indiana of course so they're looking at this race and seeing how the tax cuts are impacting the race there democrats predicted a political backlash for republicans in december when the g.o.p. pushed through a deeply unpopular tax cut that added more than one trillion dollars to the federal

deficit and disproportionately help the wealthy but at the outset of the twenty eight hundred campaign season democrats early optimism appear is less well founded here where democrat joe donnelly is facing a tough senate reelection fight so the new law is apparently before the vote took place and before it became law people were listening to the news and thought they weren't going to see anything in from the tax cuts that i would all go to the wealthy but all these nonstop headlines of thousand dollar bonus apples going to create new jobs wal-mart is going to create new jobs while markets every thousand dollars like all the sort of headlines are actually trickling down so now support by the voter is above fifty percent down to below zero zero zero down avails you know. or not resent but i question and i don't question the. i'm curious about your cynicism regarding trump and gun laws i mean maybe he was moved by the sight of all

these young kid is getting gunned down with these weapons of mass destruction and decided to do something for the country you know that would be my take on it now as far as the democrats' inability to understand trump at every turn i can sum it up in two words financial illiteracy this is common on the left they want to do good but they have no idea how the economy works how finances work how capitalism works and they simply want to do good they just keep repeating that the fair do good but they never have any as america's economy that's like a multi-trillion dollar economy that's competing in the in the world you know if we don't have the luxury of just you know twiddling our thumbs and being good to me we have to be competitive or we shrink down in the global table of competitive countries and we would lose our ability to supply

a standard of living across the country that people in america have grown accustomed to so there are a lot of ways you can modify policy and economic reform that would diminish the parasites in the economy like a jamie diamond yes of course but to simply say that well the tax breaks are going to cause x. and we're completely wrong about it and now are probably going to lose in the toy because they're financially illiterate is part and parcel with the long term tradition of the party of no and nothing i'm not sure they're going to lose in the midterms perhaps in the senate these. i don't know if they're going to like it doesn't look that they're going to lose certainly the democrats have a good chance in the house of representatives it's the senate they're talking about here about whether or not this is going to impact them but the point is that even now nobody understands trump because one tweet one he speaks whatever is on his

mind even to take on the third rail of u.s. politics which is the n.r.a. . we don't know if he planned that or if he just uttered these words that everybody there is owned by the n.r.a. and they can't do anything nobody knows but the fact is that the democrats rely on traditional pollsters traditional analysts traditional advisors traditional consultants who only know traditional sort of politics and so they seem totally flabbergasted and stumped and surprised constantly by trial them the leadership know who and how do you get the data but you have to make a decision and i can't just say or go run by the data and let the data run our lives you have to make a decision based on the data that's what trump does he's a leader nobody the democrats will stand up and do something well he leads with his mouth and he's his tweets let's say that but here the politics in america has always been that the republicans always say we can't have deficits. don't let the

government run up these deficits they're running up these definite deficits in order to take care of all these welfare queens and the reason why we don't want these deficits is your grandchildren and your children and all the great grandchildren are going to pay for this and you don't want to leave the your all these debts your grandchildren that's the republican since ronald reagan have said that sort of thing well now that tax payers are receiving thousand dollar bonuses and sometimes just twenty thirty forty fifty dollars more a week or every two weeks and their paycheck here is what the democrat in indiana joe donnelly is saying to that to this reporter at the washington post. that's a great thing that people are getting some benefits the low key donnelly said in an interview at a coffee shop in downtown indianapolis last week but the first term senator contended that if voters understood the full implications of the legislation they might be inclined to turn down those one thousand dollars bonuses or retirement

account contributions from midwestern businesses such as a health insurance firm and fifth third bank or here's the proposition that they're not saying but that's the truth so donnelly will have a thousand dollars out there and you'll get that in return and this is the part that goes unspoken he said we're going to send your children and grandchildren and great grandchildren the bill for that they will pay it with interest repeatedly year after year after year much of it is going to the chinese and others so not only did he use the deficit saying that the republicans do but then he uses a racist slur that is the chinese are going to get is i mean when i was white people i am gobsmacked that's a democrat yeah that's it i regret and democrats who never said no to a spending program that comes down the pike ever believes in keynesian economics that debt fixes everything that bernie sanders is like just crying creates the debt

more debt that's now their response to trump putting cash into people's pocket from a democrat is that you've got to look down the road here because all this debt you know by it's in the in the back right again financial illiteracy if they knew they were the words you know people can hear the words coming out of their mouths you know this is not in a vacuum we know what they're saying and we hear that they're financially illiterate and morons well i don't think it's financial literacy or economic and literacy i think it's just a complete failure to understand basic humans voters people like they live in a. where of washington d.c. which is a true genuine bubble of ideas and ideology but also economically here a thousand dollars or even fifty bucks in some guy's pocket is changes their perception of the world around them and that's just the simple it's so obvious and

simple and like bill clinton got it i don't understand why these people can't get it it's just that people don't care about the deficit the republicans have been saying that over and over and over but they you know the fact is the ordinary person doesn't care about that as long as they have money in their pocket as the washington post says here it had cold abysmally amid forecasts that some voters will pay higher taxes in years to come and the democrats believe those polls just like they believe the polls they hillary somehow despite the obvious absence of any you know passionate support for her they believe the polls that still she would miraculously win here they believe the wrong polls that people would be against these tax cuts but all you need to do is put fifty cents in their pocket and they feel what fifty cent and it is again to put fifty cents in your pocket it is not a fifty cent in your pocket i just happen to say me what's going on here he's a senior like everywhere this guy now i get it so look the money in your pocket is

very convincing you know you got a thousand bucks i remember when i went back under reagan i was a proofreader in a rubber stamp factory and reagan changed a withholding tax and i got an extra fifty bucks in my paycheck and i are probably . get paid every two weeks and i don't think going to wow and i remember very distinctly my coworker this lovely black woman who was looking at this my coworker and. there is more money for. more money for you honey something to that effect. paraphrase of course but you know she was thrilled for a buck so i was there all the mother for the money people want the money there and so this could be a you know throw the traditional midterm election theme a little bit make it more unpredictable than is usually predictable but there's another one which is the tax cuts have hit a lot of homeowners and places like.