looking at the latest decisions of. the thing. with. the rift between the e.u. and the us is deepening its bloc leaders push for greater independence from washington. republican u.s. senators on the intelligence committee have changed their mind by now backing claims of baghdad that of donald trump was elected in twenty sixteen with the help of russian meddling. reporter hughes's the tanzanian government of evicting thousands of indigenous people to make way for luxury tourism.

just turning eight am on thursday may the seventeenth here at moscow this is r.t. international your world news on the hour every. the european union has come up with an action plan to keep the iran nuclear deal live after the u.s. reneged on the agreement it includes counter measures to protect european trade with iran from sanctions and the president of the european council donald had some pretty harsh words for the u.s. leader. looking at the latest the. one thing. that we need. about frankly speaking. europe should be grateful. because. if you knew that and. you will find. it's not just being that's

being well handing out toward said donald trump we had an uncle of burchell speaking in the stock. well that's part of her budgetary address where she sets out what where she sees her government right now and where it stands and she took part of that speech to directly look at the transatlantic relationship and she said that you ripped right now sell for the crossroads then we didn't listen to them on the multilateralism is under great pressure at the moment and because it's under great pressure europe must take its fate in its own hands more than before therefore we need to european answers almost certainly the biggest strain on that relationship at the moment is donald trump's decision to pull the united states out of the iran nuclear deal it's this whole well of non consultation with allies policy when it comes to diplomacy that really isn't winning donald trump any friends in europe but then there's also the well extreme possibility of the likely possibility he doesn't

care about winning friends in europe if we look back to his campaign he was incredibly dismissive of europe on his way to power he had to be dragged in could jolt and poked into getting on board with nato by to resume a we also saw what could at best only be called all quit relations between donald trump and angle or merkel whatever they've met in public and then we've got to remember when it comes to emanuel macron he come well he publicly supported marine le pen against him in the election there so all of this is led some people watching this relationship to suggest that should it continue this way then europe may well start looking in another direction. we look forward to working with russia and china to see deal that is important part right now we are hoping for both moscow and beijing to act as responsible international players but it's watching that relationship suggesting that america first could well end up with america alone we

live in a globalized world and three it is very very important and if he actually end up by still living america. it's not a good idea can he be elected for a second he's a question mark amid the rift with the e.u. washington's new top diplomat has promising to bring a more direct approach to foreign policy during a closed meeting with stuff secretary of state mike pompei o talked about bringing swagger back to the state department. in our case it's america's essential brightness and it is aggressiveness born of the righteous knowledge that all cause is just special and built upon america's cool principles i don't think it is that's unique to mr pompei i think you have an attitude throughout the political class here in washington that's almost like like a real recrudescence of the view of the soviet union we are the vanguard of all progressive humanity peace progress is socialism archy's peace progress and human

rights and that we're right and everybody else takes their cue from us i think that kind of arrogance unfortunately is pretty standard this goes beyond in my opinion just simple patriotism love of country and even a sense that our values are something that are dear to us this seems to set up a kind of amounted to a limp this attitude that we sit up on high and judge everybody else and unfortunately this has been all too familiar not certainly just under this administration but i would say at least says nine hundred ninety one when the cold war ended through the bill clinton george bush and barack obama administration. republican u.s. senate those on the intelligence committee have changed that minds now backing claims that that all trump was elected in two thousand and sixteen with the help of russian meddling the panel has endorsed the relevant government intelligence report . the russian effort was extensive sophisticated and all did by president putin himself for the purpose of helping donald trump and hurting hillary clinton so

we've heard this story countless times but at this time the bipartisan republican led committee found that there was collusion now how is this different from every other story well republicans on the committee actually agreed with fellow democrats that not only did russia interfere in the election but the influence campaign was apparently directed by president putin himself to elect donald trump however just three weeks ago the house intel committee also a bipartisan republican led committee found that there was no collusion rushes active measures campaign achieved its primary goal of inciting division and discord among americans for more than a year us politics have been consumed by bits and recriminations charges and countercharges about the attacks now the democrats completely dismissed the committee's assessment saying that it was incredible that republicans couldn't see collusion throughout the investigation committee republicans chose not to seriously

investigate or even see when in plain sight evidence of collusion between the trim campaign and russia and guess what democrats have pledged that they'll continue to investigate this collusion so now there's three separate investigations all contradicting each other and we're not even taking into account investigations conducted by the department of justice homeland security other congressional committees and of course the infamous muller investigation all those who phoned. or something whoever found there to be something could not explain what it was so you have to give an idea of the ludicrous nature of this a number of organizations or tribunals that found no evidence of wrongdoing. some that found at camps desires and the ones that said yes we found something we could not tell you what it was that they found.

both democrats and republicans on the senate intelligence committee have also with the same time agreed to back trump's nominee to lead the cia again a hospital has been accused of being linked to the torture of terror suspects with trump praising her for being tough on terror and saying that torture works or she reportedly run a secret prison in thailand back in two thousand and two which so-called enhanced interrogation techniques were used the intelligence committee bachata kind of a see with ten votes to five now during her confirmation hearing police twice forcibly removed people protesting her nomination of a possible involvement in torture and one of those protesters were cia veteran ray mcgovern he shared his views on hospitals appointment with us the record is very clear that she supervised waterboarding of alanah shiri at that like say in thailand she pretty much admitted that but then she classified the information so

that would be tell held from the public the senate committee that sent that recommendation up to the full senate today is the same one that brought into this charade about russian interference in our election this is a committee that defends the intelligence community defends the torturers defends the people who eavesdrop on all americans this is me that is sort of joined at the hip that the intelligence of people that is supposed to supervise most americans are abysmally ignorant with respect to what's going on and most of them have been led to believe that russia and feared cheer in our election in two thousand and sixteen for and i daresay is very little i would say no significant evidence that has been reduced to show that that is the truth that is very sad. president national union of students has been. and for appearing on t.v.

wearing a hijab she was slammed on social media with people tweeting that it was impossible to stand up for rights while wearing the head covering shouted to penske has details of the debate over women are wearing a hit job in france is getting fired up once again why well student union president miriam was in the news recently talking about the on going student protests here but instead of lighting a fire in support of a cause she became a target just for wearing a hijab or some even mention a field day on social media questioning how a woman wearing a hijab could possibly be the president of a left wing progressive statement association and that it was a sign that the movement had been hijacked by religious zealots.

in response to support mariam hash tag has appeared with a lot of people highlighting how france is a multicultural country and that wearing a head job is an acceptable form of attire as it doesn't cover the face which is of course banned in france. marion's student union is also backing her saying it's easier. individual's right

where they were not the way headscarf and that as a woman she has a right to choose we strongly condemn the waiver for a cyst sexist in some of will be hatred of which mary is a victim off but that isn't stopping the run for reaching the loans over the french government the gender equality minister is in no way doing in condemning the own line trolls for targeting marry him but at the same time questioning whether a woman in that role is setting the right example by wearing a hit job. of a supposed to be a feminist progressive student union whereas to bally's proof of the grip of religion your promotion of political islam in a sense instead of just using the right ministers contribution is yet another. decades long debate can you be a feminist a progressive and

a good job working with slim. u.s. national security adviser john bolton has told reporters that he is certain that the summit between north korea's kim jong un and president trump will happen after pyongyang said their make reconsider their meeting if washington demands unilateral disarmament of north korea are to use donald quarter looks now at how unilateral how unilateral disarmament could be on america's part. as washington pats itself on the back for pushing north korea to hit the brakes on its nuclear program america itself is going in the opposite direction in fact on the very same day that donald trump proudly announced he plans to meet kim jong un in june as officials at the pentagon rolled out their nuclear expansion plan. an evolving and uncertain geopolitical landscape calls for the united states to recapitalize is to fast plutonium capabilities this is the savannah river site in south carolina

a nuclear refinery built at the start of the cold war which the pentagon now wants to bring back from the dead it was intended to produce materials for nuclear weapons but was left half built and riddled with structural problems after the cold war though the plan was to flip it from being a bomb resource center to a peaceful energy producer. the savannah river easy a key department of energy industrial complex responsible for disposition of nuclear materials we still management environmental cleanup and environmental stewardship so the pentagon wants to weaponize a facility which was intended to be a nuclear arms burial ground but what exactly do they plan to produce pates bombs that when armed with nuclear warheads can create a blast to one thousand times stronger than that of hiroshima it's expected to produce fifty each year and the u.s. has been crystal clear as to why they need pits so badly back in two thousand and ten the obama administration's. with misplaced hope that quote russia is not an

enemy it is increasingly a partner close quote anyone who watches the news today knows that this is not the case if it ever was president putin announced that russia is developing and building for new and horrific nuclear weapons nuclear deterrence is our number one priority defense mission forces warheads in c three people and infrastructure it's all part of the deter it is time to buckle down and get after all of it nuclear weapon. are popping up on both sides of the fence the u.s. and russia both saying they're responding to threats from each other although trump card in their first months before putin unveiled russia's new weapons we must modernize and rebuild our nuclear arsenal hopefully never having to use it but making it so strong and so powerful that it will be terror any acts of aggression by any other nation or anyone else the whole world is just signed

a treaty and nuclear weapons they were one hundred twenty two countries russia actually had a five conference that just didn't shave we never did who made his nuclear powers because he said mark he he talked about the internal istic missile treaty back in. russia was categorically against our with joran what it is that we're in the stone in the national security and so here we you know. that was into. now the race is on what we know get along then certainly in the other countries. we got in there so even though the u.s. has been pushing hard for iran and north korea to ditch their nukes it's hard to imagine who's going to a bay if the u.s. can't lead by example donald corder r.t. . the tanzanian government is accused of evicting must psych communities according

to an oakland institute report of this breakdown in the two thousands with the alleged a move making way for safari tourism on must island in august twenty seventh seen around two hundred houses were reportedly demolished displacing villages destroying the food and causing a loss of livestock by early september the damage had significantly increased with over fifty eight hundred homes allegedly destroyed leaving thousands of people homeless many. arrested or injured as well here is the author of the report and some of the affected villages describing the situation. on the we got to come out of the fight it was us on the we got the model was got up like that across up because i want to get that equipment up there was one i knew about about thirty. on the what that there are no we don't but i've got that while you're. on the go with economies in the not to get on

a lucky lucky. you know the plans are. those and yes there was a sub. why do. we need to know more cause it's. not enough to cause that when the people. can do to those. who are mom then the one visit to one is all good people he says come over you know one village is alleged and there is a lens with doubt any notice then suddenly the home supplement it is not the companies that supply these themselves in a bunny got the homes usually the owner has and these invitations are carried out by government officials that the park employees and last year the statement was that this was happening to protect the environment and to promote tourism for thompson the head of the thomson safari is strongly denies being involved in any of

the evictions he says that his company works with local communities and government improving access to water but here's iraq mental again. legislation and land numbers in the name of conservation the government or tanzania has been dispossessed in the indigenous. these legislations have been used to be simply denying the aside their access to grazing lands that x. is true waterholes but not just that it has allowed some of the safari companies set up. operating in the area to conclude that the officials who have been intimidated who have arrested and beaten the villagers because they have tried to use their ancestral lands more specifically we have looked at two companies in particular one is tanzania conservation ltd which is operated back boston based. on bad was based on constant supply really the other is u.a.e. based or given business going ration which. basically operates hunting

excursions for the royal family of you we are just one in twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow still to come on this program england fans have been told to ditch their national flag when coming to the world cup here in russia we'll try to explain why in just a moment. this is not only. extremists. and. people like me have been destroyed such actions such fascism such a being exists and is about getting away with it i think this is hoping they get.

to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and. want to. be for us this is what before. you get. interested in the war she. could have you join us for the program today. the first fighting against police brutality has been released after five months in prison. and took part in several protests and advocated for the rights of african-americans. in his interviews he

told the media that an f.b.i. agent who testified in court said that he had been secretly monitored since two thousand and fifteen over his police state and the activist was arrested in december twenty seventeen he says it happened right after his critical facebook. you know key to the fact that being part of different coalitions and campaigning. to. care oh. yeah you know out the way to go out under legal charges to. my street was you know bare shockey require a life changing you know what i mean i would go from just over a little work in clair's to borrow. to look for is. a lot. but logan's lawyers believe he was prosecuted under a new f.b.i.

program according to several released documents the bureau is carrying out a special investigation into those deemed to be domestic threats it focuses on so-called black identity extremists in the case of police confiscated several weapons from his house however prosecutors failed to establish you have opposed a real threat but blake had a serious this is a way to put it through lane. or to simply. he. may disagree with united states social or economic policies the way of life my case and the crew know how the word terrorist is if you lose. with the united states of america. we sent a letter to the f.b.i. asking them to clarify the links between the case of iraq and balogun and the

alleged black identity extremist program the agency replied saying it doesn't have any kind. with less than a month to go until football's biggest tournament kicks off in russia and the u.k. has given advice to fans on how to behave during the world cup england fans have been told to avoid displaying the country's flag which shows the st george's cross . the head of british football policing suggests a company seen as hostile and period listed by russians in the of trying to put that view to some russian football fans some english fans who have issues with their behavior can be a headache for the hosts abroad and also for the police at home too they have to come up with guidelines to keep the supporters on the straight and narrow those coming through russia have already been warned to avoid public why fight to keep away from. all kinds of scary things well check out the latest

advice from british police it's about this. well known symbol the british police are absolutely serious about this but will russian fans believe this is no joke. i would say and. maybe they're probably too nationalistic but should be. period to stick. stick. but it's going to snow that's ridiculous. most of the stuff going to the fans want

to show their flags or not it will be safe and welcome in russia. being recklessness. some kind of inappropriate behavior and you know she drinking too much and losing control of the mistake when he shouldn't drink too much and start fights you think if he behaves and shows still won't be any trouble he would be will be well run since they're coming here we might want to consider some would be advice from the russian besides listening to what they're putting out i mean we've been franco and more. british journalist are john go on things this whole idea is just getting a bit silly of course it was an attack on russia it was again trying to make people think that if you go to russia to celebrate football in the world cup somehow the russians are going to arrest you although there's going to be violence so you know that ordinary russian people i'm t.

ordinary english people walk don't think they are i think the same i think there's a roué at the moment with our british politicians and what they're saying about the n.s.a. or the fake chemical attack in syria and what they're saying about the scriptural case well looking forward to such a great the wonderful game of football i'm looking to the world to come together this is why all of this conflict and row is just a diversion and is just pure propaganda and it needs to stop and stop now and i think in the end english fans will ignore this police officer they will go there they'll have a drink i'm not even get drunk that i enjoy a festival of football hopefully have lots of banter with the opposing fans how silly no trouble at all a little trouble and it can be a sort of aeration of the beautiful game and hopefully in some way bring countries together and perhaps also break down this narrative that our governments are pushing at the moment that russia is the enemy. but other important football

tournament recently took place in the russian capital to raise awareness about rough sleeping children. pst this is ati international many more of your world wide stories the comma at the top of the hour.

for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be our coach. you guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star among us and the huge amount of pressure to come out you have to go i mean eighty percent of the football we are with you and we will show the great game the great game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down going let's go. along. and i'm really happy to join that to for the two thousand and three and world cup in russia meet the special one i was also appreciated me to just take the radio p.r.t. teams latest edition make up a bigger sound he better just look. when lawmakers manufactured them sentenced him to public wealth. when the right wing

pluses and protect themselves. with the financial merry go round lifts and be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. i mean real news. welcome to watching the hogs. let us recall in twenty fourteen the senate intelligence committee issued a report on the enhanced interrogation techniques of the george w. bush era war on terror the report recounted the two thousand and two interrogation of of abu's.