headlines for the. international amid escalating tensions with russia. national security strategy ranking of moscow alongside islamist terrorism on its list of main threats. with many countries joining britain and expelling russian diplomats over the. m.p.'s in neighboring voiced their opposition to his decision to take part in the action on the program we gauge reaction in the irish capital. i think it's a needless threats to our sovereignty to serve to look for the proof. i think it's . the country it's beyond it's just it's. joined. holocaust survivor who was recently stabbed to death.

on the first arrest made in connection with the fire that killed sixty four people including forty one children in the russian siberian city of. the city now a day of mourning. this is international a very warm welcome to you from all of us here in moscow. amid increased tension between the u.k. and russia over the souls. britain has adopted a new national security strategy with london now ranking moscow alongside islamist terrorism honest list of main threats the so-called fusion doctrine focuses on strengthening defense and the armed forces. it also emphasizes using

a broader range of capabilities including intelligence and economic tools to counter the u.k.'s enemies russia is branded a threat and accused of engaging in hybrid warfare. to use and i started checking out a small. national security capabilities review that the british government released of course does not fail to mention russia it's a fifty two page document that talks about all sorts of threats and issues that the u.k. is faced with from cyber attacks to terrorism to crime to increasing all of the possible measures they can take to be able to take steps against all of those threats now among some of the means that the u.k. plans to use when it comes to soft power is quote investing two hundred ninety one million pounds to twenty twenty in the b.b.c. world service to increase access to trusted news and information and they say that

the soft power will be. used to project our values and advance u.k. interests and indeed russia is mentioned in this report thirteen times the word russian is used nine times and it's being listed among threats such as north korea and iran the document goes on to say that the indiscriminate and reckless use of a military grade nerve agent on british soil was an unlawful use of force by the russian state they talk about a well established pattern of russian state aggression assess a sustained campaign of cyber espionage and disruption including meddling in elections and those are listed along with other acute threats as is being described such as islamic terrorism human trafficking piracy crime and instability in the first place. prime minister actually in one paragraph she says the threat is from islamic studies eight north korea and then she says russia. to review our security

we have to review every country in this but to tag russia in with north korea and with an islamic state i think she's out of step with the ordinary man and woman on the streets of the united kingdom and then when it comes time to now is there a cyber war being waged by russia all just please calm down what we need is the evidence if the evidence points clearly to russia and indeed to vladimir putin i'll be the first to calm them russia and him but we have not seen the evidence of tension between russia and britain has been escalating for weeks following the poisoning of double agent sort of a script and his daughter yulia and the city of souls parade of both are now reportedly in a coma investigators now say the highest concentration of the suspected nerve agent used chalk was found on the script files front door scotland yard detectives have reiterated that the probe may take months to get rid of powell is

a former russian intelligence agent stripped of his rank after spying for the u.k. and jailed for espionage before being released authorities say script allen his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent of a type produced in the soviet union. now official power point slides have been leaked which form the basis on which the us and half the e.u. supported britain's expulsion of russian diplomats they described the nerve agent allegedly used and blame russia for the attack of the so-called evidence includes claims of previous malicious activity by moscow and these include cyber attacks alleged election and for interference and what the presentation cold's the occupation of crimea. now moscow denies any involvement in the poisoning it made a formal request for the medical examination records of u.t. a script all who is a russian citizen in russia also calls the expulsion of diplomats a baseless sanction. while many countries have expelled the russian diplomats in

solidarity with the u.k. and not everyone agrees with the move among them m.p.'s in neighboring island which is also kicking out diplomats here asking us to trust bars johnson and dare i say this might not be the wisest course of action we spoke to people in the capital about what they thought about the diplomatic expulsions relating to the script of case. i think it's a needless threats to our sovereignty by a man who was thinking only of his legacy i've sort of looked for the proof and i haven't heard any that actually should wait until it was proven i mean it's there's some messed up things going on on of the out state things with caution you know we're really a neutral country like what would we do i think if disgrace to neutral country and it's can be and it's just it's tolkien is my what they're telling now and have got no reason to support the british security services or there were for what happened

and so as a brit or for anything else but personally speaking i mean i think it was a game that any ab's government would act as a puppet sort of britain a puppet of the british security services but this tells us something about the drift of european politics and the drift of ironies politics along with their european partners at the moment and i think it's a dangerous moment and is making a step into that and. i think it's a constant always in your to consider. making a step away from neutrality and that has got ominous implications for the future of foreign policy and indeed domestic policy of the republic. following a last week's brutal killing of an elderly holocaust survivor the jewish community in france is sounding the alarm over the rise of anti semitism in the country tens of thousands of parisians took part in a silent march an owner of the murdered eighty five year old jewish woman was

stabbed eleven times in her apartment and this case is the latest in a string of violent attacks against the jewish community and some there say they don't feel safe. there are lots of reasons one being hate anti-semitism another being the rise of islamic fundamentalists who create growing hatred and ill feeling we give the impression that the state can't cope and. it's why i'm here with others . this was not an ordinary crime and it was inspired by anti-semitism and the weak are intact children young people this is starting to make a move really scared she was jewish this issue is really serious figures from both sides of the political spectrum and senior government officials joined the demonstration some received a hostile welcome from the crowd leading to scuffles left wing. and right wing a marine le pen defied organizers requests not to attend the event both parties

have denied accusations of anti semitism in the past. was an eighty five year old holocaust survivor she narrowly escaped a nazi order to round up of jews in the french capital in one nine hundred forty two last week she was stabbed multiple times before her paris apartment was set on fire two men have been arrested and charged a religious motive has been cited by authorities and noles son daniel has been left utterly shocked by her killing it's. unbelievable. to hold the woman. to five years parkinson she can move she has no money. why you kill. her you can do that. france is home to europe's largest jewish community and has seen

a surge in anti semitic violence reported incidence jumped by twenty six percent last year there's also been a significant surge in the desecration of jewish places of worship and burial sites around forty thousand jews are estimated to have left the country since two thousand and six with many blaming the growing hostility and jewish community advise a year afterwards believes the government has failed to address the situation. again and again the government runs institutions. train to help and to assist the jewish community as a not capable really to provide. security to women who may do kids who cannot you cannot put a policeman and if the jew in france many jews are asking what will be the future because they cannot continue to march in paris and to get tears and to get flowers . from the government because it's not enough it's not the bringing back to life.

nor the level of the sea they leave me or so many young jews have been killed in the last years. the russian siberian city of kemah of enters a third day of mourning after a fire at a local mall killed sixty four people including forty one children and with more facts about the tragedy surfacing including allegations of criminal negligence stories of unbelievable courage have also emerged. i might and i were putting together pairs of shoes it is when i smelled smoke heard them i wanted to talk to someone saying that people are running out and he saw people rushing down the stairs to see there is an alarm on which we still didn't evacuate people are employees of first of the walk is the tour of the accident but i don't quite remember how i got out unless soon as i got outside i saw

a man jumping out of a window from the third floor yes. yeah now i am. all our coworkers had already stated when we looked at the escalator that it was full of people they started helping people to get out of there we have a bad door at the end of the storage room was still just calling people to come to us when there were disease and help to muddy our guys lived and there will cheer and help them to go downstairs everything i'm black and clouds of smoke surrounding us we breeze that heavily but wait is it still the end we just hose to save someone else do some people run upstairs in panics did you feel panic deep inside too of course we did there was no way to escape i don't know what would have happened to me not them i'm a father a son and a brother through so i can understand those people i was once some would grow up the same be useful to human kind i don't consider ourselves rescue as we are

ordinary people if you were in our place you would have done the same we had the loss of men who were burnt to death then you say heroes my mother was worried about me sure if it's a hospital and she says it was terrifying. we go to moscow every day and leave flowers and place candles. meanwhile the investigation. the watercourse the tragedy is advancing of the two main versions of the malfunction of the safety system and five people have been arrested among them two directors out the mold and develop the fire safety system the blaze is one of the deadliest in decades it took firefighters over seventeen hours to extinguish it and one section of the shopping complex was completely gutted and large sections of the roof collapsed as we mentioned of the sixty four people who died almost two thirds children as the school holidays had just begun.

put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so for us. to be this is what. people are. interested in the water. rushes going through the hallways of them to the grief of the camera of the tragedy . of russian diplomats from the west.

past the hour here in moscow washington's anti russian rhetoric has seen its latest metaphoric expression the state department spokesperson compared russia with a beast from the deep sea. and went to the streets of new york to gauge reaction. in her recent comments to the media state department spokesperson heather nauert had some interesting words to describe the largest country in the world russia has long arms russia has lots of tentacles we imagine that they will continue to have

an interest in our elections but also many other nations elections this fall on arms and how to describe what acquitted like is and you just said that this one is a beast from the deep sea yes russia has tentacles all over the world it's a beast from the deep sea it's rather creative now with metaphors like that you think that heather nauert was on par with herman melville and jules verne but she didn't think of it herself take a look at these old propaganda posters inciting americans to be afraid of the soviet union it turns out heather was just beating an old dead mccarthyist horse we decided to ask americans if they think that russia is really a deadly octopus what country do you think they were referring to. the. island ireland years later that isn't what country you think it is no idea they called it the medlar. have no idea right there so what is that poster right if we lose like an octopus right what country do you

think that's supposed to represent. well it's in red so this means a communist country is a good russia. good guess russia what makes you think that because it's red do you think that russia might be like a like an octopus yes you don't think of russia's as a as a big octopus you know strangling and spreading out across the planet no i think america is more like octopus donald trump a sure this during his campaign that he wanted to improve ties with russia i believe and easing of tensions and improved relations with russia from a position of strength only is possible absolutely possible well nothing paves the way to peace better. then comparing other countries to wild oceanic beasts. see new york. taking a stand against a preordained future has led to tragedy for a teenager in the u.s.

a texas police accuse the parents of a sixteen year old muslim goal of torturing their daughter saying no to an arranged marriage with a man who was offering the family twenty thousand dollars. he was. just. really. smart he was fifteen when our parents decided to marry her off to a man from another city after her refusal they allegedly tried to persuade her with force she run away before the wedding it was reported missing at the end of january this year and disappearing off as she left school in san antonio. but was found in mid march parents were arrested last friday and charged with abuse of a family member however they were released on bail two days later police say other charges may be filed in connection with the case. and her five siblings aged five

to fifteen have been placed with child protection services the parents deny any wrongdoing and stated possible husband to be is also innocent father said all they wanted to do was help the young couple build a family together and we spoke to the head of an organization for preventing child marriages she told us that some us states which allow early wedlock are only making matters worse. unfortunately if you look at the data that takes it currently the us has a federal structure where states have different ages of marriage and unfortunately in the u. quest like the u.k. like canada do allow marriage of girls under the age of eighteen if in the world today six hundred fifty million women where married as children then you know that they all didn't run but of course that all cases where girls are being empowered

way they know their rights and that is all to run unfortunately not as many girls are able to make it to safety as the we would like to see i think it compounds the problem if the boys over eighteen because then you're talking about issues of. i would say statutory rape because she's a minor but i think more children are becoming more aware that our more services available way gas can get help and support. thousands of protesters have marched on the streets of god as capital denouncing u.s. military expansion in the west african nation. that was a controversial military cooperation deal was a fruit by parliament last week some of its members walked out in disapproval of the u.s. will invest twenty million dollars in equipment and training for the country's army the deal also includes joint exercises and the right to use the nation's radio

frequencies and runways some locals think it infringes on gonna suffer and i have to see how it's gone he insisted to demonstrate he's seen by our president's. side and i commented that he was government to bring the military. country. dogs is good for my country to be so good as i decided to call streets my legs just to be president is the most recent. my guests told us why they think i'm gonna is not getting a good deal. the question is that the command military be allowed to use united states radio frequencies the united states of america the answer would be flatly no this is a one sided deal a one sided arrangement but keep in mind as well that us oil giants have been exploring all show or from god and reportedly have discovered many

fines in terms of petroleum and i dare say that these u.s. oil giants are also concerned about protecting their investments in west africa and therefore they would also demand and desire and enhanced an increased u.s. military role. washington really is shrunk from its responsibilities in the world. instead of helping african countries develop their economic power by investing in infrastructure and rio development rude energy ports united states has increasingly relied on military kinetic warfare to fight the terrorists and this doesn't work because the reason these terrorists are able to recruit is because of the poor economic conditions at virtually drive the young people into the hands of a terrorist small amount of money. this is r.t.

international the dollar is facing a new threat china has just launched you want to back to oil futures which will challenge the globally used petro dollar china is the world's largest oil importer until now it's been paying for its oil in dollars the newly launched shanghai oil exchange will allow china and other countries to bypass the standard petro dollar that comes the very same way because donald trump unveils the billions of dollars of tariffs against china all economists to mum to solomon a of says the broader implications of the petro you one could be a game changer over the long term. it can't change it a lot because by definition the better one is challenging the dominance of the petro dollar and in doing that it

will impact adversely on the petro dollar and of course by definition on the american economy itself. currently the petro dollar is the only currency used to put ice and sell oil china i know is that and it wants to get the same benefit first by as stablish in the yuan as an international currency. of course. and see that the petrodollar suddenly it would take time but it certainly poses a challenge to the better of the lot for the first time since nine hundred seventy three when they petrodollar was little your news on the hour every hour this is r t

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first alex talks alfy best someone who overcame both prejudice and a lack of regular education to become one of the u.k.'s most successful entrepreneurs and then into the world of politics where he first speaks to form a liberal democrat m.p. lembit or pick who lost his seat after thirteen years in parliament and then to human rights campaigner peter tatchell who had one of the dirtiest by elections of the last century had the price of a problem and she seat snatched away how do they respond to and overcome these challenges we'll find out on the show. but first thank you for your tweets messages and e-mails let's look at a few surely said i enjoyed the show today and lancer author will hope having detention and congratulations to angus on his private member's bill the plight of young a few jesus not a new one a pulse father ten what from belarus to hamburg to work his passage to the u.s.

when chapman said i spoke to a lady in a shop yesterday very interested in the sure she got up on the computer behind her while i was there to see what all the fuss was all about her husband loves the alexander and sure tek salathiel says i risked a dose of the alex and sure discussion i guess brendan mcneill's refugee bill amongst other things of course and i survived well i'm pleased to hear it and finally from benny who says another good shoe the focus on the private member's bill about child refugees we've been rather productive in producing refugees but not soaking into responsibility for it so this would be a small step in the right direction for brendan mcneil and so see all of us all power to angus's elbow as he takes this bill through parliament. now to our first interview on overcoming challenges alphabets family background made to face both prejudice and a lack of regular schooling but he's become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the u.k. just how did he call last year. and i'm delighted to be joined by

the best i'll feel welcome pleasure is all mine alex growing up nineteen eighties grew up in a room of the gypsy family what was that like. for a lot of people looking outside it was extremely hard but it got to be on the city for me it wasn't people looking in and think we were very very paul but to be fair with you it was a rich life you lived off the land you know i was born on the side of the road in a caravan but you know that i didn't know any different your family staple what was it tom academy and drives and things that you got on door to door sell you listen from an age of eight years old i was cold calling on on doors and selling tolmach that's a tough school well the hard knocks of life are the ones that chisel you or make you the person you are the says about like political candidates if you get a saw you get just saw along to get your picture across before that door gets shut your face.