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a potential threats. the world's leading powers find themselves we're told save the sanctions on north korea but the u.s. china and russia are proposing radically different approaches to denuclearize ation at the u.n. security council. watching us the international good to have you with us this hour. we've been taking footage of crowds rallying in the afghan city of can do so when say voicing their anger at u.s. and afghan asteroids their own campaign is saying to driving back a resurgent taliban but it's having a devastating impact on civilians. georgios done in the show. mrs mommy to

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a provincial council member once the afghan government has lost control of the situation. let me show you confident in what you did this shows the management of the government they work to cheat us these are the children with all these resources you cannot differentiate between gunmen if i'd a sense of 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 so 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

a strike it says that the majority of victims have been women and children mccarran report. peace 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 is province according to the un in the first six months of two thousand and eighteen as strikes killed one hundred forty nine civilians and injured two hundred four now 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 a 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 storage fees in afghanistan and the. of the white house or the 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 reviewing 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. last month russian vitae of the afghan government and the taliban for multilateral peace talks in moscow the taliban agreed but the government's put them on hold the meeting is however still expected to go ahead before the end of the year we spoke with a russian presidential envoy to afghanistan about what impacts talks could have on the country must be aware of the need use the words 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 u.k. it's come to light that the terrorist behind last year's westminister 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 khalid masood rammed a car into pedestrians killing four and then fatally stabbed a police officer and asked to see a chicken has been following the official inquest into the case. an 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 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 witness al to protect the officer's identity he said

that must suit had been given a holding code identifying him as a threat to national security but was later downgraded that same year by december twenty ten to quote an individual who may be of interest to national security and then by twenty 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 terrorist threats at the time was unprecedented so he says the actions of officials were to quit we had 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 world's leading powers met at the un security council for talks on north korea's denuclearization process on thursday the session proved to divisive though with the u.s. pushing back against china and russia is called to relax the crippling sanctions on pyongyang here's a live picture. 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 importantly during this u.n. security council session of the korean peninsula crisis here's u.s. secretary of state mike compare. until the final denuclearization of the d.p. r. k. is fully verified it is our solemn collective responsibility to fully implement un security council resolutions pertaining to north korea namely bans on oil experts textile imports from north korea and no access to natural gas supplies these are once again un sanctions but there are

a unilateral 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 tell my comparison mike don't get into time again 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 readiness to cooperate and positive changes to will stabilisation in the region it looks more and more outdated we know

western pointless propose further strengthening sanctions on north korea given that pyongyang has taken a 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 the 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 wednesday security council meeting trump will say vented his anger at china accusing it of meddling in the upcoming u.s. mid-term elections but has r.t.c. quashed on of explains such claims have been head before in fashion the talent too

does own has a design as bread and butter in political fashion donald trump markets him self 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. information to better unable to vote is china exploits our 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 who waged by the u.s. 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 monitor very closely what appears to be an effort to expand their in their own region in places like africa latin america the pacific islands asia 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 deal with taiwan fell flat with china washington is definitely afraid that china is in the passingly 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.

coming up in a few moments we'll have the latest on donald trump supremes court nominee sexual assault terry. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. the democrats are not socially liberal they are pro-war and so are the republicans and the problem people have with trump is that he's pro peace and that's not acceptable in america today that runs except for against iran. well you know the taj. the walking the walk and you know you have to do it happen too but

he's not actively going down the path that hillary clinton clearly was going. 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 our. go to trump supremum courts nominee has finished testifying before the u.s. senate is to disagree committee on a sexual assault claim dating back to nine hundred eighty two and mostly charged headline topping haring his accuser spent four hours giving evidence against him

threats kavanaugh then launched into a strident and nial of the allegations claiming he's been the victim of a grotesque carry to the nation reporting from washington this american. 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 is tuned in to find out if cavanaugh did or did not sexually assault christine ford 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 having no 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 and the 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 so i took the unfortunate during the hearing cavanagh even got a little bit emotional he even discussed how these hearings have affected his life my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed i intend no we'll will see a doctor for her family the other night actually and my daughter lies assert their prayers and little lies all of ten years old. should there actually we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a ten year old. we need we know 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 shows aside long before either of them spoke. i respect this man and believe him we must put an end to the democrats' witch hunt 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 with the utmost dignity and unwavering brevity 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 eased 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 the testimony and we won't find out how they're going to vote until friday so as of now there seems to be a motion over substance. u.s. news websites 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 it suppose it troll but it's campaign by using the twitter accounts of its diplomats an embassy if the daily beast insists that the ministry is trying to confuse the public by blending the truth with multiple competing narratives.

the article singles out one particular russian top the contest for the most ironic post about russia's relations with the west he can see the winning picture for the best cartoon on boris johnson following his anger at the russian foreign ministry

spokeswoman being invited to the house of commons we discuss a 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 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 bomb 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 so why not they're an important part of dialogue. danish place

investigating one of their own female offices for hugging a protest that wearing a head job at a rally against the country's ban on muslim face veils they share has been raised by an unpaid. the photo of the office and the protest can be interpreted as police and done mock sympathizing more with demonstrate to supposing the niqab on than with ball and legislation therefore i want to complain about the offices behaved in the hug reportedly took place when the demonstrated best into tails off the herring that she wouldn't be find the sitting on the ground the protester added she was terrified that place would forcibly pull off her face though as she took her kids to can to guard it and the officer told her that would happen the stop the islam is ation of denmark rape joins the m.p.'s complaints against the officer the independence place appeal for authority is investigating the case the office says noir insists she acted in accordance with police guidelines denmark's ban against

face veils came into effect over a fest and phone. as similar restrictions say in austria belgium and france critics though are concerned where the complaints against the offices taking society. communities are made up of various groups and the police need to police all of those groups violate. the nature of the complaint. could effectively be summarized as the place aren't far right you know. and that that isn't what the place is 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 in forcing. any law or. at the lower end of the sky all we have absolutely no discretion whatsoever it doesn't work like that in

a democracy for more details on any of our stories discussed today you can head to head over to our website artie dot com up next on r.t. it's watching the. i don't think that. israel is trying to somehow destroy baro soft i don't think but they do think your blogs are also care about iraq. and i think that unfortunately in many in israel and in the united states i seem to very annoyed about there on the roads of. the world think you know we need to go back to invite more foreign force that's not self sufficient that's also the position of the government that's the mission to

the sun goes in any case even if there is a number of contingency they will have to go back one day to the to this country. or. her.

physical in basra casting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact on all of us on bart chilton. coming up on saturday u.s. and russian weapons sales have raised righteousness and ridicule in asia former pentagon official michael maloof joins us to look at the fracturing fault lines and with higher fuel prices some global shipping companies are seeking more cost effective water routes we look at the cold economic and operating realities of arctic shipping routes with the c.e.o.'s are all marked over a ford which. we get a new perspective on cryptocurrency is around the world with somebody i've been trying to get on the program for months on flaherty is a speed of he is see you're going to love this guy and the business of television is changing and some of t.v.'s the old is now a new we get the inside scoop from a host of the big picture and veteran media consultants. all of that in the next

half hour let's go. argentinean president merissa machree has reached an agreement with the international monetary fund to accelerate delivery of an augmented bailout package that now totals fifty seven billion dollars i.m.f. managing director christine lagarde called the package the biggest loan in the history of the i.m.f. she also said the i.m.f. effort to intervene in argentina is just beginning let's take a listen to what she had to say this week in argentina. remains committed to. you know who the. places the log. program. is putting together. in the deal machree administration agreed to spending more spending cuts the back.