so you are from after. all if. you. are teens video agency ruptly obtained footage of residents in couldn't as provinces in afghanistan protesting against the constant bombings by coalition and afghan forces. it's revealed that the terrorists who killed five people in last year's westminster bridge attack had been known to britain's intelligence agencies and considered a potential threat for over

a decade. and the un security council meeting on korean tries ation is divided over sanctions against pyongyang with russia and the us offering a radically different approaches. it's one am when you're watching international live from our moscow studio with me . welcome to the program. we have received a video of angry crowds who gathered in the afghan city of cougars on wednesday protesting against coalition and afghan air strikes. but is your. money to. your business to your physical. use is there still is

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a provincial council member once the afghan government has lost control of the situation. let me show you government being what you did this shows the management of the government they work to shoot us these are the children and with all these resources you cannot differentiate between government fighter sensibility so this is not the first time they have targeted civilians several times that is happening while the government opposition has specific addresses and locations but who don't understand the politics of why the government kills us why can't the local government manage this issue this family lost for their members and we're also going to guide you from your cameras can see them artists and understand the situation is like here. following the attacks the u.n. mission has raised the alarm over the rising number of civilian casualties from airstrikes it adds that women and children make up the majority of victims are teens at mccarran reports. protests come after what has been

a particularly bloody week in afghanistan over the weekend twenty one civilians were killed in as strikes in one case twelve members of the same family were killed and another ten children between the ages of six and fifteen were also killed the third strike of the week came on tuesday when three people were killed in can do this province according to the u.n. in the first six months of two thousand and eighteen as strikes killed one hundred forty nine civilians and injured two hundred four and if we compare that to the same period last year that's a fifty two percent increase and afghan forces may be thinking that using more air power is the best mode of action for them but it really is bad news for civilians who are coming under the constant threat of shelling in recent weeks there have been as many as two dozen strikes a day the u.n. in its statement released on tuesday said that the data that the u.s.

and the afghan coalition are using for this strikes is just to very well earlier today we heard from the russian foreign ministry which released a statement taking a similar tone to that u.n. statement also raising concern over the increasing number of civilian deaths is an extract from that statement we were outraged that the iranians strikes of nato forces in this country are in really almost an everyday reality moreover no one is responsible for this we consider the current situation a consequence of the groove miscalculations of us all sorts of us in afghanistan and the room of the white house on a military solution to the problems of the country but in the meantime there's also been comments from the u.s. side grunts nearly the spokesperson for u.s. forces in afghanistan has said that they were viewing all operational relevant and credible information regarding operations and also perhaps an attempt to reassure

civilians in afghanistan said that we take more care to avoid civilian casualties than anyone else. russia invited the afghan government and the taliban for multilateral peace talks in moscow the taleban agreed but the government put it on hold meeting is still expected to go ahead before the end of the year earlier we spoke with a russian presidential envoy to afghanistan about what impact the talks could have on the country. it is now time to act and to move from statements to real steps while organizing these peace talks in moscow a major task is to create an atmosphere that will lead to bilateral talks between the afghan government and the taliban. in the case has come to light that the terrorist behind last year's westminster attack had been identified as a threat by british security services only to be taken off the list five years before he carried out the crime in march twenty seventeen rammed a car into pedestrians killing four and then fatally stabbed

a police officer and has been following the official inquest into the case. and inquiry into the westminster attack of march twenty second of last year where six people including the perpetrator had died and dozens were injured has now revealed that the attacker a fifty two year old believed masood had apparently been on the radar of u.k. security services dating as far back as two thousand and four now by twenty ten he was linked to al qaeda training in pakistan and had been identified as a threat to national security this is according to a senior m i filed for officer who was testifying in court here in the u.k. this week presented only as court witness to protect the officer's identity he said that masood had been given a holding code identifying him as a threat to national security but was later downgraded that seem year by december

twenty turn to quote an individual who may be of interest to national security and then by two thousand. twelve this man who lead masood was already characterized as a quote closed subject of interest and remained that way until the attack in march last year and according to this m i five officer who was speaking in court as part of this investigation he said that thousands of people were monitored by the u.k. security services at the time and a terrorist threat at the time was unprecedented so he says the actions of officials were adequate we have reviewed the decision to close masood as a person of interest with the benefit of hindsight and we conclude the decision was sound it was logical necessary and proportionate to consider him a good well according to this officer he also pretty much confirmed that there's always a danger of somebody slipping through during those hearings and there's there's always going to be a chance that somebody might get through and of course this is far from the first

time that concerns about people slipping through the net when it comes to such terror attacks and not of course just here but also in europe come to the forefront when it does get revealed that officials had known something about those people involved but somehow failed to stop them from carrying out those attacks. the u.n. security council has met on the future of sanctions against pyongyang and it's turned out no less divisive than other key issues discussed at this year's general assembly if a chunk of reports. just on wednesday night president trump kept talking about how incredibly well he gets along with the north korean leader the one that he keeps calling chairman kim. we have a very good relationship he likes me i like him we get along he wrote me to the most beautiful letters the question is how does this language by and with what his

diplomats are saying most important thing during this u.n. security council session on the korean peninsula crisis here's u.s. secretary of state mike compare until the final denuclearization of the d.p. r. k. is achieved and fully verified it is our solemn collective responsibility to fully implement un security council resolutions pertaining to north korea namely battens on oil experts textile imports from north korea and no access to natural gas supplies these are once again un sanctions but there are you know lateral ones to made in the us and backed by allies those are the ones that the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov called a grave violation of international law and a slap in the un's face and speaking of how long america's willing to apply

this tactic against pyongyang president traub made it clear that there are no time limits i told my compass and mike don't get into time if it takes two years three years or five months. doesn't matter whether this u.s. administration tactic will work and whether appealing yang will be ready to continue making one concession after another without anything in return remains a question moscow is confident that it's not a good plan. to and when pyongyang shows redeemers to cooperate and positive changes to will stabilization in the region it looks more and more outdated when the west and pointless propose further strengthening sanctions on north korea given that pyongyang has taken the number of important steps towards denuclearization it would have been more logical to support the efforts of the something in exchange to support the positive trend speaking of the take other major regional players have

on this china is backing russia's position japan is supporting the us sanctions told a very strategy and south korea is just enjoying the moment and giving themselves credit for the numerous high level summits that have happened between the north and south. and when they security council meeting trying also bend to design going to china accusing it of meddling in the upcoming us midterm elections but as an equal if you don't explain such claims have been heard before in fashion the talent too does all his a designer's bread and butter in political fashion donald trump markets himself as chief. and it looks like russia is going out of style not once was it mentioned in trump's un speech regrettably we found that china has been attempting to

interfere in our upcoming twenty eight. election coming up in november. against my administration they do not want me or us to win because i am the first president ever to challenge china on trade washington's needlework has already retailing their agenda actions that china has taken undermine a rules based order unfair trade practices particularly by china the chinese are very active we can watch very focused efforts to steal american information while china we here at r.t. know what it's like to be showcased in the window of the white house political boutique first things first accusations of election meddling are still in vogue so make no mistake what used to be russian hackers and the presidential vote in twenty sixteen giving way to chinese hackers and the mid-term ballot this season from its

continued hacking of our defense secrets to its focus on collecting vast repositories of personal personnel to find the information to better enable. child exploits are transparency and open society china is also being introduced to the concept of sanctions being thrown in the same basket with moscow over beijing's purchase of russian weapons in this narrative the trade war waged by the us on china fits like a glove after all the purpose is the same to hurt and nation's economy our trade imbalance is just not acceptable. china is market distortions. and the way they deal. cannot be tolerated when it comes to pushing an independent foreign policy china and russia cut from the same cloth this trend is also propelling beijing to the top of the u.s. diplomatic kill list we do want it to her very closely what appears to be an effort

to expand their influence beyond their own region in places like africa. latin america or the pacific islands. and we are concerned by some of the tactics that the hunt for chinese spies is in full swing too as if the land of the american dream has been rid of russia's agents and what seems to be a new fad in this china dominated collection military rivalry taiwan is a breakaway province from beijing's standpoint while from washington's it's a lucrative arms export opportunity no wonder the massive new us three hundred and thirty million dollar weapons to deal with taiwan fell flat with china washington is definitely afraid that china is in the passing lane many economists are predicting that sooner rather than later china will have a larger economy than that of the united states of america that from washington's

point of view presents an accidental crisis for the united states of america likewise you see there are states trying to recruit other nations into its china cobol particularly japan australia and india this is a very combustible situation so it appears like russia is indeed stepping aside this fall winter season replaced by china in pretty much every dimension or do you know the boogieman dress is one size fits all. we'll be back in a couple of minutes after this break. join

me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. u.s. president donald trump took center stage at the united nations this week the middle east was very much on his mind particularly iran for some sitting in the general assembly trump's words were simply laughable however what is happening in the middle east and beyond is anything but fun.

welcome back to the program donald trump supreme court nominee is currently testifying before the u.s. senate judiciary committee in a hearing as dominating global media coverage he's addressing what have been described as credible claims of sexual assault dating back to nine hundred eighty two brett kavanaugh has been a strident need denying the allegations though saying he's been the victim of a character assassination to discuss this and. we cross live to samir khan for the latest details from there give us an outline as to what's been happening. well international issues like iran d.p. r. k. and actual wars like syria and yemen have taken a back seat and capitals hearings have been a dominating the news cycle for a couple weeks now and we witnessed a series of twists and turns over the past month or so and all of america's tuned

in to find out if cavanagh did or did not sexually assault christine for over thirty six years ago but all the suspense and media hype surrounding the case is making it seem more like a soap opera than serious news but cavanagh was questioned for hours and what did we find out well here's ford. i recall saying that the boy who assaulted me could someday be on the u.s. supreme court she survived in an attempt to break at age seventeen that's a fact that could be uncovered by an f.b.i. investigation i'm ok i got the coffee thank you very much i think i can precede and sit on the coffee nobody can mix up my coffee right shoring. up the unfortunate. and let's check out what kavanaugh had to say my family and mine. a bit chilly permanently destroyed. we know we're

well. this is a circus but it looks like the only thing that's clear from all of this is that both of their lives have been turned upside down but for what will in this incredibly polarized climate of americans chose a side long before either of them spoke i just dig this man and believe him we must put an end to the democrats who chant god bless this man for refusing to back down from the democratic elite who try to destroy his life i stand with judge cover not who's with me govern our strategy play the victim made all that told him conducted herself to the utmost dignity and unwavering bred very dr ford is a better shot and a survivor the fact that this hearing is playing more like

a trial is devastating she's not on trial cannot ease her testimony has read as credible reliable and compelling in fact it would be super difficult to find anyone whose minds were changed after listening to their testimony so in a way this whole kavanaugh debacle is a show for shows sake of there doesn't really seem to be much substance ok samir thanks for the update on american reporting from washington. u.s. news website the daily beast seems to be suggesting that the russian foreign ministry itself has now turned into a troll factory it's new report claims that moscow has upgraded its suppose a troll and blocked campaign by using the twitter accounts of its diplomats and embassies the daily beast insists that the ministry is trying to confuse the public by bending the truth with multiple competing narratives.

the article singled out one particular russian tool the contest for the most ironic

post about russia's relations with the west here you can see the winning picture for the best cartoon on boris johnson following his anger at the russian foreign ministry spokesman being invited to the house of commons we discussed this story with columnist and author ted rall. the united states government does this all the time u.s. government officials make jokes all the time the president of the united states uses social media extremely effectively and makes lots of jokes on it in fact he probably would not be president if he hadn't used twitter extremely effectively so it's mystifying why anyone would say that this is somehow inappropriate the united states has it i've even seen jokes about things that are pretty grim for example the department of defense twitter account has made jokes about drone strikes and weapons that civilians in afghanistan and elsewhere those are pretty tasteless jokes so i guess you could say that

a terribly tasteless joke might be something that would cross the line but jokes themselves are why not they're an important part of dialogue. as police are investigating one of their own former offices the hugging a protest away at arrival of the country's bomber of little falls falls. on pull. the photo of the office and the protest can be interpreted as police in denmark sympathizing more with demonstrate to supposing the new car ban than with parliament legislation therefore i want to complain about the officers behavior that reportedly took place when the demonstrator burst into tears after hearing that she wouldn't be fined for sitting on the ground the protester added she was terrified that police would forcibly pull off her face veil and she took her kids to kindergarten and the officer told her that wouldn't happen the stop the islamization of denmark rejoin the m.p.'s complaint against the officer the independent police appeals authority is investigating the case the officers lawyer

insists she acted in accordance with police guidelines denmark's ban against face veils came into effect on august the first and follow similar restrictions in austria belgium and france critics though are concerned where the complaint against the officer is taking society. communities are made up of various groups and the police need to police all of those groups. the nature of the complaint. could effectively be summarized as the police aren't far right. and that that isn't the police's job is the place is job is to facilitate protest in a liberal democracy and that seems to be what the officer went along with doing policing the population of a country is not an easy thing to do and you cannot have the police enforcing. any law or. the lower end of the sky with absolutely no discretion whatsoever

it doesn't work like that in a democracy. round up of the news for now he has said he will be here at the top of the hour with more but first on r.t. international the alec salmon show is next. please. her i. find. her. through her through her. if i don't think that. israel is trying to have some power destroy

are all soft i don't think that they'd be think your dogs are also i care about iraq. and i seem to unfortunately have many in israel and in the united states i seem to very annoyed about your on the hundreds of. the old thing you know we need to go back to invite more foreign force that's not self-sufficient that's also the position of the god that's a mission to the self cause in any case even if there is a number of contingency they will have to go back want it to get to this country.

welcome to alec salmon show and so i don't look at the. party conference season through the eyes of those who are well placed to take an overview of the great issues affecting their parties next week the tories gathered in birmingham and yet again you don't threatens to split the party asunder but is it a voice from the parties promised who can point the way to the future first of course to your tweets emails and messages and had a great response to our show last week on the idea of a centrist party surely says former politicians by party discussing a new center party was helpful to knowing u.k. future post bricks it donell says new party in same system is just another political grevious train was problem to solve and over fork time scotland pushed for independence against escape this quagmire the team is alive and walking five hundred miles and finally jacqueline says i would be interested in the u.k.

center party less all efforts for scottish independence feel in that case a u.k. center parcs would be a great idea i would support a center party hypothetically and scotland the. now to the tory party in birmingham back in the politics of the one nine hundred eighty s. and ninety's which i believe a member of course but alex is very much a part of one movement dominated and divided the country the prime minister margaret thatcher but then the second best known politician with the public more famous even than the leader of the opposition was a minister for health educator carty although a huge admirer of market factor edwina still stood firmly on the pro european side and the tory splits of the one nine hundred ninety s. her ministerial career was cut short by raging controversy from an unexpected direction salmonella in a production but her public role then blossomed into a big three do on television once described as the women with a brass neck

a silver tongue and a cordon paid to ever live their dream to have some typical e. street talking for those who seek to head it to the tour de crane from threes and me alex caught up with her and her darwish a home. where the real curly. in the late eighty's and ninety's you were the second best known politician in the country and the second best known woman poultice in the country second only to margaret thatcher the let's see a young lad with mccullough who was going to the conservative cause of the sun bombing of a city you know very well what speech would you be making a boat about europe this week what would you be saying to the party. when the speech i was making there was about the police. system margin you were speaking about your march twenty ninth we are officially out of the e.u. and i don't think there's any going back on that and i'm hopeful.