the. president will preside over the security council i'm sure that's going to be the most watched security council meeting ever a lot of good things can happen anticipation around speech at the u.n. general assembly grows some hoping the president will use it as a chance to rebuild shop to international relations. a sexual assault rate in south africa ranks among the world's highest with new

cases opening old world here on the program we hear from some of the victims. of. depression actually try to commit suicide this happened so many years ago that's i can get into nothing would have been done. libya's civil war flares up again resulting in more than one hundred deaths sophie shevardnadze discusses the ongoing conflict with one of the country's former deputy prime ministers is going to should get them support from internally and also from the outside. if the foreign intervention have to stop the staub supporting these but it shows. you monday morning mix of top stories here when i see international for me rory sushi and the whole news team welcome to the program. the world is descending on

new york for the seventy third un general assembly with the main session kicking off on tuesday the general debate is 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 anticipation around his performance builds. takes a look at what we should expect this year. in the global political circus trump has taken it upon himself to be the greatest showman or jest 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 has 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 arabian government. caters nicolas maduro dictatorship and destabilising regime criminal regime of bashar al assad regime rocket man rocket rocket. is on a suicide mission for himself united states is ready willing and able to totally destroy north korea totally ready willing and able to destroy totally destroy north korea figure portions of the world are in conflict and some in fact are going to hell his escapades divided many and 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 stated 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 advisor though at least he seems inspired by his boss's 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 and it looked

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 democracy is not a friend to 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. he's going to do good things before it is catastrophic. and i think is. the 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. then after a while it starts to be seen as a bluff and he's probably getting to that point where most people see it as a bluff and respond to it accordingly instead of panicking and while the

world awaits what trump will have to say at the general assembly china and the u.s. continue locking horns over trade tariffs so new mutual restrictions have now come into effect meaning goods worth two hundred sixty billion dollars on out subject to extra levies china has already lashed out against the u.s. accusing it of protectionism and economic agenda any auntie's jaclyn has more on the growing trade war. 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 are 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 can 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 by little trade relations but the current situation there is already destroyed the bases 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. terrorists have put the us in a very strong bargaining position with billions of dollars in jobs flowing into our country and yet cost increases been almost unnoticeable if countries will not make fair 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 slapped sanctions on china over the purchase of russian military equipment claiming the deal is a violation of a law 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 have been from we've all we strongly called on the u.s. to remedy the middle of the saying was judith miller judith miller writing for the new york times had us convinced that saddam hussein was trying to make an atomic bomb it is iraq's pursuit of nuclear weapons however that is at the top of the administration's list of worries and forms a key part of its case for a minute to come pain 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 bring you are the red line against that use of 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 half people and gas children he hears it so he does it again just like many of his colleagues sean hannity was wrong. long of out 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 ask you and you have helped organize what's happening today you're 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 s 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 no opposing voices are permitted when it comes to. the us foreign policy and it's the agenda of the national security is 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 let this green which former intelligence and military

officials neoconservatives and say here is who are connected to every regime change operation in the last decade and a half is essentially national security state t.v. evangelists in a much more insidious way then state t.v. could or so. up here on the program on the protesters make their feelings very clear on the streets of liverpool and that's in the mix of monday stories and just . you know world of big partisan movies a 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 back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for washing clothes for watching the hawks. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to from day shouldn't let it be an arms race is on all fronts very dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical of time time to sit down and talk.

joining us today on out see sexual violence in south africa is running out of control that's according to some of the latest estimates the rape level in the country is now one of the highest in the world and one of the latest cases a twenty three year old student from rhodes university committed suicide in august after being raped the girl was reportedly attacked in may and killed herself just days before she was meant to meet with investigators of the story provoked a wave of criticism not just at 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 for women and i think that's how their great cultural stuff.

was reached. and i was with you for about eighteen months. before the. call one day. about two weeks off to the incident i try to tell my monologue. he is speaking rubbish off to the. back to try to commit suicide. starting to they. did destroy my life because that's what he did. to the. couple of friends and i

took a trip to cape town dance floor we got dale i remember we took shots with some of my friends and. that's what i remember. i walk up the next morning and there was a. liquid that was not. mine that was on my body. and people have the right to say to me that i asked for it like us for something that is so painful and i think he also sees it like it will you see it nothing ever it was finally it finally did nothing. bad and give you permission to trash me. maybe i shouldn't have been. should have gone to the authorities and spoken about it this happened so many years ago. that's

i can get into you nothing would happen to this to. the class of the. people from middle class and class that i. actually really suffering these rapes and sexual abuse maybe onto a scene we also have from the way this turns. out happening in the hospitals as well and we have a lot of people who find that our foundation to say that the cases didn't go through because if that's what's lost.

i think we have a problem with men understanding no. because the ultimate belong to them for some odd reason no one should go through something that . no one deserves to feel like their no one. but us battle against the opioid epidemic is shifting up again the pharmaceutical giant do pharma facing various lawsuits of companies accused of partly causing an opioid epidemic by understating the effect of opiates hundreds of lawsuits have been filed mostly over one opioid pain reliever in particular along camera was one of the many patients prescribe the product in our questions at what cost. since i've been on this new pain medication i have not missed one day of work in my boss really appreciate mine is there every day eventually it stopped working and all

that increased i think it was probably in the morning and forty in the evening i'm able to be very productive productive. person again which is really great job and i lost my insurance yeah it was beginning and i am from pretty because i could no longer afford it but the time that i went without it was. only the most. unbelievable excruciating horrible time in my life the withdrawals we 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 but it doesn't seem like for example that the company is planning to abandon its production of opiates any time soon in fact or per do farmer has now created a new drug to help treat opioid addiction that so-called mild opiate is thought to control craving for stronger drugs as well as fight pain and it's now being

presented as a better alternative the director of the camelot addiction treatment center looked nastier believes the company should still be held responsible for the opioid epidemic. this is all about profit this is all about making money and how that cause an epidemic that will have a huge national impact in the united states it will have a worldwide impact that should be responsible for the cause of the epidemic up to our one hundred thousand or more deaths in the united states since it would lead into this epidemic i think 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 knew all should come from the former suitable industry who has a responsibility. thousands of protesters took to the streets of liverpool on

sunday in the hope of pushing the labor party to change tack over it's. the crowds were demanding a so-called people's vote over the outcome of the conservative government's negotiations with the e.u. at the march coincided with the opposition labor party's annual conference in the us. city labor leader jeremy corbin said that while the ultimately won say general election party members will vote on tuesday on whether to push for a new vote people protesting said they hope that labor's leadership will buy their push. russia to stop works if nothing else so to speak was. very rapid i don't know how she managed to. pull over just might be stalled by saying it's boss you bring him back to me you probably know today eighty six percent document just want to stop it. was only one hundred marci time we need to just see what actually can china and sway the labor passage to think

again and it's not the full scope that we can supply then it's really a selection no one voted for any sort of bracks it the politicians clearly can't get it sorted out with 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's vote. protest in liverpool it comes amid growing criticism of teresa mayes handling of the price of negotiations only last week a plan was rejected at an e.u. summit in austria leaving the u.k. facing the prospect of crushing out of a bloc next march with no deal in place and after the summit the prime minister may call for greater respect from her european counterparts this late stage in the negotiations it is not acceptable to simply rejects the other side's proposals

without a detail and 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 remain a to reserve may fighting for brooks a long term critic jeremy corbyn box a second vote. think another referendum i have but i think if they do they'll be riots on the street if there's a betrayal of direction the democrats are a lot of the people i see no real trouble because she's married should never have gone britain well the united kingdom into this situation the democratic will do you know you know i t. 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's only remaining add to her cool so we have this bizarre situation which originated as a originator but she says she wants out and jeremy caught it coming is saying he wants to stay here then he's actually pressure to hear they've got to start thinking about their party and their careers and put our great nation first and then got to listen to the people that's the program for this hour here on r.t. international hoping to. and also in about twenty five minutes more of your monday top stories. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see that.

what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to be preached. to the right to be press to supply them for free in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the hottest. question. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. is over twenty trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to the rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trees per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building

a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one in one business show you can't afford to miss the one and only boom bust.