top stories here on the annual global gathering of the u.n. general assembly enters its main week with this year's headline of donald trump building anticipation ahead of his speech. sexual assault in south africa among the world's highest with new cases opening old wounds here on the program we hear from some of the victims. of depression actually trying

this happened so many years ago. let's get into nothing would have been done. libya's civil war flares up again resulting in more than one hundred deaths. discusses the ongoing conflict with one of the country's former deputy prime minister that. these women should be getting support from internally and also from the outside. the foreign. intervention have to stop. supporting these militias. monday morning under september twenty fourth here in moscow welcome to our latest stories on our. the world is descending on new york for the u.n. general assembly but the main session kicking off. for the general debate as it's known as. not so much of

a debate but rather an opportunity for representatives to make a speech on the most pressing topics and it seems donald trump is playing the headliner role and as a patient around his performance builds down off looks at what we should expect this year in the global political circus trump has taken it upon himself to be the greatest showman or just depending on what side of the fence you're on and on tuesday the curtains will rise and the spotlight fall on trump taking center stage at one of this year's main spectacles the u.n. general assembly he's got a couple major possibilities really to help illuminate for the american people what america's place in the world is president will preside over the security council and i am sure that's going to be the most watched security council meeting ever well trumps the trickle debut at the u.n. g.a. last year provided a taste of what the u.s. president is capable of it is a massive source of embarrassment to the united nations rogue regimes represented

in this body the arrayed government. caters nicolas maduro to. stabilizing the regime criminal regime of bashar al assad regime rocket and rockets rocket. is under suicide mission for himself united states is ready willing and eager to totally destroy north korea totally ready willing and able to. destroy north korea did your portions of the world are in conflict and. are going to hell his escapades divided many left few were indifferent and in the buildup to this he is trump looks ready to outdo himself once again he will head the un security council meeting on iran next week that's while he's a lawyer shared this. so i say that to the iranian government you must be truly

afraid of being overthrown i don't know when we're going to overthrow them it could be in a few days months a couple of years but it's going to happen they're going to be overthrown juggling two jobs it seems the president's a lawyer and freelance foreign policy adviser though at least he seems inspired by his bosses remarks threat posed by iran whose chief exports are violence bloodshed and chaos all nations of conscience must work together to isolate giuliani's stun triggered some emergency damage control protocols in washington how seriously should it take the iranians when they hear the president's close advisor rudy giuliani saying there's going to be regime change i look the united states is not looking to do a regime change in iran at all that as the u.s. continued to bully tehran over the nuclear issue but trump insists he's playing the good guy and means well i look forward to being at the united nations next week

we're going to make a speech we're going to have many meetings a lot of good things can happen the u.n. though could take that with a pinch of salt for the international body good things meant the u.s. ditching unesco attempting to discredit the international criminal court and learning they're not so close when it comes to freedoms the united nations is not a friend of democracy is not a friend or freedom it's not a friend even to the united states of america where as you know it has its home and it surely is not a threat to israel. and it's not just the u.n. that wants to get on the same page as trump it's also russia china north korea about the rest of the world really and on tuesday the u.s. president will have he's best chance to explain that he's not just a gung ho diplomat. always says he's going to do good things before he does some

catastrophic situation i think use tactic. may be have worked in a few cases you know maybe in north korea it got north korea to. soften up its stance on. its nuclear testing and its i.c.a.o. i.c.b.m. development. because it's so outrageous but if you do that too many times and you threaten you know to to break all the china in the shop and then you don't do it. and after a while it starts to be seen as a bluff and he is probably getting to that point where most people see it as a bluff and respond to it accordingly instead of panicking. sexual violence in south africa is running out of control that's according to the

latest because the right level in the country is now one of the highest in the world and one of the latest case is a twenty four year old student from rhodes university committed suicide in august after being raped and the girl was reportedly attacked in may and killed herself just days before she was meant to meet with the investigators now this story provoked a wave of criticism not just of the rising level of rape cases but also increasing violence on campuses across the country and while the authorities say they are trying to deal with the problem many cases don't even make it into the spotlight. the men in this country seem to think that because there's a patriarchy that means that they have the power of the women and i think that's not their great come just stunning.

the same with bob here that. he was agreed to this prayer. and i was with him for about eighteen months. before he raped me. in his call one game in. about two weeks off of the incident trying to tell my mom and. dismiss me as being rubbish. to. want to. destroy because that is what he did i mean us made it still to this day. in the night to. a remote shot some of my friends.

that's what i remember. the next morning. they were. liquid that was not. mine that was on my body. and people have the right to speak to me to us for us for some little sleep and i think he also sees it like that will he see it nothing happened it was finally it finally did nothing. bad the permission to touch should've gone to the hooks or it isn't spoken about and this happened so many years ago. thats i can get into you nothing would have been done to list them. they are in a sort of a class of they are in but the people from little class and. the class that i

actually reduced. the sexual abuse maybe on to ac we also have a problem with that they said this in terms of. evidence. of that happening in the hospitals as well and we have a lot of people you find in our foundation who say that the cases that we go through because if it ends with. this madness threatens to turn our society and. government wrong we will make sure that those who continue to violate other people's rights are arrested. agents of change and be at the constant edge of the struggle from today i think. because the.

one to feel like no one. a month long battle raging between the groups in the libyan capital has now resulted in one hundred and fifteen deaths that's according to local health officials the latest fighting began in late august with two major groups facing off against each other both of them are aligned to the government in tripoli which is recognized by most western powers libya also has a separate rifle administration based in the east of the country and over the past few weeks houses have been shelled and vehicles torched throughout a large area in the south west of tripoli all power supplies have also been shot down now a former deputy prime minister of libya told pti the conflicts being driven by interference from foreign powers and domestic ones mostafa go to was a guest on our sophie and co program you cannot watch the full program in about twenty minutes time for now though here's a preview. it is

a very challenging situation because of the militias who they took over every part of the country i mean i mean they're out of the east of the west the south they're everywhere and these militias they're getting support from internally and also from the outside clearly they for the foreign intervention have to stop to stop supporting of these militias they should be insisting on on the country because really it is in the best interests of everybody so the government itself does not have much power one power it turned which is the power of money and wealth and these are the ones which really kind of used over the last three years or almost almost three years now to protect itself because unfortunately the government submitted its well to the militias and that's where the problem as i.

have this is not international so china the u.s. continue to lock horns over trade tariffs new mutual restrictions or come into effect meaning now that goods worth two hundred sixty billion dollars are now subject to extra levies. has more on the growing trade or. the back and forth between the u.s. and china is quickly escalating into an all out trade war between two of the world's biggest economies and this latest round d.c. has imposed penalties on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods and that's set to increase further at the beginning of next year trump clearly means business we're also cracking down on the unfair trade practices from china we are far more bullets we're going to go two hundred billion to two what if i push it. johnnie's very good. and we will come back with war if they retaliate we

have a lot more to come back with but china isn't taking any of this lightly they've hit back and added more tariffs on american products with up to one hundred ten billion dollars and it might not stop there already threaten to impose tariffs on effectively all u.s. imports from china but what does this all mean for the average american consumer according to wal-mart the country's biggest retailer price hikes we have very concerned about the impact these terrorists who have on our business our customers our suppliers indeed u.s. economy as a whole the company alyson the goods that will be hit ranging from food products to vehicles to toilet paper and wal-mart's not the only company quaking at the thought of an economic battle alibaba chairman jack ma is saying he could no longer deliver on bringing a million jobs to the u.s. market this drum this was on the basis of friendly china u.s. cooperation and reasonable bilateral trade relations but the current situation has

already destroyed the basis this promise can be completed and that's gotta hurt given how much trump loves to talk up how he's creating more jobs for americans nevertheless the u.s. president seems confident employment figures will continue to rise so it's full steam ahead cherubs to put the us in a very strong position with billions of dollars in jobs flowing into our country and yet cost increases. thus far been almost unnoticeable if countries will not make fake deals with us they will be terrorist but china looks to be digging in their heels scrapping plan trade talks and tariffs are the only friction between washington and beijing the u.s. also slap sanctions on china over the purchase of russian military equipment claiming the deal is a violation of a lot meant to punish moscow for alleged meddling and the two thousand and sixteen presidential election again china isn't backing down they said they're going to continue cooperation with russia and will take it to

a new level beijing summoned the u.s. ambassador and recalled their navy commander from a trip to america calling the measures a mistake well in china you will move on we strongly call on the us to remedy the mistake and cancel the sanctions otherwise the u.s. has to bear the consequences thought so as the stalemates pile up so does uncertainty for chinese and americans alike past the hour here in the russian capital and there are plenty more stories still coming your way here on the program including the likes of and t. rex that protests are making their feelings clear on the streets of liverpool that's a near mixed mix of your monday stores just. when we all make this manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the ruling

classes protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. can all middle of the room signal. room real new real world. you know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bats and shouting past each other that it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks.

it is going to join us today thousands of unseen bricks of protesters took to the streets of liverpool on sunday crowds are demanding a so-called people's vote over whatever agreement over the outcome of the conservative government's negotiations with the e.u. and the march coincided with the opposition labor party's annual conference and the safety of labor's leader jeremy corbyn said while he ultimately wants a general election party members will vote on tuesday on whether to push for a new vote and people protesting said they hope that labor's leadership will back that push. russia to stop works if nothing else so to speak was riding. on it i don't know how she managed. to pull over just might be stalled by saying it's very possible bring him back to spain probably noted i eighty six thousand members want to still have a. good time on your last time we need to just see what actually

can china and sway the labor party to think again it's not the full scope that we can supply. intermix election no one voted for any sort of bracks it the politicians clearly can't get it sorted out we're staring six months down the line hundreds of thousands of people losing their jobs we've got a government. storing food and medicines it is a disaster and we must have a people spoke the protest in liverpool comes amid growing criticism of tourism his handling of the brics that negotiations only last week was rejected at an e.u. summit in austria leaving the u.k. facing the prospect of crashing out of the bloc next march with no deal in place after the summit prime minister may called for greater respect from the european counterparts. at this late stage in the negotiations it is not

acceptable to simply reject the other side's proposals without a detailed explanation and counterproposals throughout this process i have treated the e.u. with nothing but respect. the u.k. expects the same radio host and journalist john go on to say as we have a role reversal with the former romania to reserve may fighting for breakfast while long term critic jeremy corbin backs second fight. i don't think you know the referendum happened i think if they did it the way you riots on the street if there's a betrayal of bricks and the democrats were a lot of the people i see nobody trouble me she's not a should never have gone brixton well the united kingdom into this situation the democratic will of the united united kingdom people was to leave we wanted to be out of there two years ago so there's no need for another vote this is nonsense and

largely down to mrs may being pretty useless she sees only remaining add to her cool so we have this bizarre situation which reserve major originator but she says she wants out on journey cool calm in the searing he wants to stay even though he's actually attraction to here they've got to stop thinking about that party and their careers and put our great nation first and then go to listen to the people. fifteen years since the u.s. lost its operation in iraq the country is far from peace and stability as recent antigovernment protests showed yet the koreas of those in the us media who proclaim the invasion will be a good thing for the country are still going strong. back in two thousand and three when the usa invaded iraq mainstream media dropped the ball there were no weapons

of mass destruction and the us troops weren't greeted as glorious liberators either now fifteen years later the same journalist that had us believing back then are at the same thing now take bill kristol editor of the weekly standard back in two thousand and three he had as convinced that saddam hussein was on the verge of using his w m d's against the world no one questions for the more the basic facts about saddam hussein's weapons programs now he was very wrong but that did not stop his career not by a long shot in fact he's still the editor. of the weekly standard which ironically has been named a fact checker by facebook he comes on television all the time promoting u.s. military interventions just like the old days what do you do when a google dictator wants to fight to death what you do is he's in his he's in his departure and i think we could do much more to do that if we don't just do a pinprick attack and i think the spinster became concerned in the concern of all of us hawks but a serious attack now another voice in the media chorus backing the u.s.

military intervention against saddam hussein was judith miller judith miller writing for the new york times had us convinced that saddam hussein was trying to make an atomic bomb is iraq's pursuit of nuclear weapons however that is at the top of the administration's least of borys and forms a key part of its case for military competing to overthrow mr hussein in two thousand and fifteen she admitted that she was wrong about her w m d stories now judith miller is on fox news she's become a full member of the council on foreign relations and she is treated as credible on mainstream media when she talks about chemical weapons in syria but point of this action which is to restore the red line weekend that used chemical weapons which bashar assad and russia aided by russia and iran have begun to use within the impunity and then there's sean hannity the prime time fox personality these are his

words back in two thousand and three this madman who's killed a million and a hip people and gas children he hears it so he does it again just like many of his colleagues sean hannity was wrong about weapons of mass destruction in iraq but it hasn't stopped his career now he's calling for regime change again this time in iran for me i ask you and you have helped organize what's happening today you were in touch with them every day. how do you win a revolution without weapons and then there was phil donahue. he was the lone voice on n.b.c. opposing the war he lost his show he was fired now we have a memo explaining why he would be a difficult public face for n.b.c. in a time of war he seems to delight some presenting guests who are anti war and see bush and skeptical of the administration's motives so we're learning from our mistakes right wrong we've still got mainstream media in the united states pushing unproven

versions of events without firming up the facts that's ok it has no impact on the careers of journalists who push a popular version of events i think if you just look at the way and as n.b.c. c.n.n. and fox cover world affairs and specifically events around countries you can see that the decision was intentional because of the way they frame their coverage is that no opposing voices are permitted when it comes to. the us foreign policy and it's the agenda of the national security state when she makes it will read what makes this so dangerous is that american news consumers believes that they're consuming the news from a free media from private media channels that this isn't state media but when private corporate media channels so allow this green with former intelligence and military officials neoconservatives and figures who are connected to every regime

change operation in the last decade and a half is essentially national security state t.v. is danced in a much more insidious way then state t.v. could. the u.s. battle against the opioid epidemic is shifting up again the pharmaceutical giant do farmer facing lawsuits from various u.s. states and the company is accused of partly causing an opioid epidemic by understating the effect of opiates hundreds of lawsuits have been filed mostly over an opioid pain reliever lauren cumber a one of the many patients to prescribe the product says it may have suppressed her lower back pain but at what price. since i've been on this new pain medication i have not missed one day of work in my boss really appreciate that line is there every day in chile that stopped working then i would have increased i think it was forty in the morning and forty in the evening i'm able to be very productive

productive. person again which is really the last job in the last minute it was the beginning and hear me because they could no longer afford it but that time that i went without it was probably the most. unbelievable excruciating horrible time of my life the withdrawals were just on be legal the company denies all accusations against it claiming states should not substitute expert judgments with their own opinions it also emphasized its own concern over the opioid crisis now the company's also created a new drug that could actually help to treat opioid addiction about her mild opiate has thought to control a craving for stronger drugs excuse me as well as fight the pain it's now although being presented as a better alternative the director of the camelot addiction treatment center luke master believes the company should still be held responsible for the cause of the epidemic this is all about profit this is all about making money and how the

cause an epidemic that will have a huge national impact in the united states it will have a worldwide impact it should be responsible for the cause of the epidemic to our one hundred thousand or more deaths in the united states since it would lead into this epidemic. it should be prohibited from producing any more o.b. or it's there needs to be widely known dangers of the drug to the general public should come from the united states government should come from the former suitable industry who has a responsible. we are dropping off the program for this hour here on r.t. international there are plenty of your monday story still to come your way to see you in about twenty five minutes.

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