you never know what's happening and whether they're shooting whether it's your. mistrust that investors are. going to sit by your. boss that you give me a month. just because of that interview but i'm addicted to sit with your middle class and in the farms while he's going to win the. kim with north korea the focus of the latest security council meeting we look at how in the space of just the white house. the country. could some day be on the u.s. supreme court. has been totally destroyed emotional

scenes in the u.s. . supreme court nominee and the woman who accuses him of attempted rape. also a french performer who. hate investigation on the program the artistic freedom. the guy said. no one's trying to make an excuse for that. good however. very latest top stories for a friday here live on international. north korea was at the heart of the latest u.n.

security council meeting washington's top diplomat praised progress made in relations between the two countries just a year since president vowed to totally destroy the reclusive state. diplomatic attempts to hold north korea's nuclear ballistic missile development were unsuccessful but now we're at the dawn of a new day twelve months ago washington and pyongyang seem to be standing right on the brink of war so will this new day mentioned by secretary. in a patrol reports from new york it's only been a year and then boom donald trump's second u.n. general assembly just listen to it i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken a lot of very positive things are happening with chairman kim he likes me i like him we get along but most importantly i believe that chairman kim jong un wants peace and prosperity for north korea twelve months ago same building same

halls same mr trump no one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the well being of their own people then the depraved regime in north korea no north korea hasn't undergone any regime change surgery chairman kim is still in his chair but miraculously little rocket man is now an awesome guy rocket man shooting rockets all over the place and with me he's not get their way with he will truly regret fire. the likes of which nobody has seen before totally destroy north korea rocket men mad men is on a suicide mission for himself that he did it to state that while today kim jong un is the president's most admired pen pal i'm sure you've heard about the beautiful letter so i've received two letters from him much personal correspondence

magnificent very strong letter form incredible letters letters page one i showed one of the letters just to prime minister b. he said this is actually a groundbreaking two letter like any other president donald trump would love to be remembered as a global peace me it took him a year and a half from his inauguration to zero in on his desire. legacy a true breakthrough in the korean crisis barak obama was having a hard time segmenting his place in history books but then the year when nuclear deal came to the rescue and the mission find your perfect legacy was complete after nearly two years of intensive negotiations backed by strong sanctions become trees represented in this room achieved what decades of animosity and rhetoric did not

and thanks to this deal we have seen real progress shortly after mr obama was gone the deal was left in tatters no matter how monumental it had been in the first place the worst sales i've ever seen in a good disaster is still one of the dumbest e-mails one of the worst deals ever it was the iran deal i'm all for agreements but that was a bad one donald trump waved goodbye to the green minutes he quit unilaterally without paying attention to pretty much what the rest of the world has to say about it today's action sends a critical message the united states no longer makes empty threats when i make promises i keep that donald trump may indeed keep all his promises as president but it does happen that rivals sometimes take over the white house after term one what if and

a couple of years someone else will be representing the u.s. behind these new one general assembly walls in new york a million to train them and washington's heavy sign sions against north korea one no for the issues of discussion of the latest u.n. security council meeting the russian foreign minister called them out dated considering the progress seen from pyongyang regarding denuclearizing. i don't swim when pyongyang shows readiness to cooperate. and positive changes towards they bill is asian in the region it looks more and more out when our western partners are proposing the strengthening sanctions on north korea as a given that pyongyang has taken a number of important steps towards denuclearization it would have been more logical to support the of something in exchange would support the opposed to draw and it is hard to judge whether their statements match reality however just meeting

by dialoguing and talking is progress and i think it needs to be acknowledged and praised that they are doing that however have we moved any closer towards the idea of a peace treaty and we moved any closer towards finding a way to. aid the nuclear buildup on the peninsula i'm not sure through the efforts of washington that we have i think we have through the efforts of president moon and south korea and what they're doing but i don't think at this point in time we can say progress has been made because they should be entering the peace treaty ending the korean war as a prerequisite to toss. in what proved to be an emotionally charged headline grabbing hearing a both donald trump's supreme court nominee and the woman who accuses him of attempted rape testified before the senate judiciary committee. i recall saying

that the boy who assaulted me could someday be on the u.s. supreme court i deny the allegation immediately categorically and unequivocally and here today not because i want to be and terrified my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed my family and i have been the target of constant harassment and threats i intend no wheel well to dr ford and her family. the other night actually in my daughter lies a said their prayers and little lies all of ten years old. said to ashley we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a ten year old. we need we know well.

i believe that if i came forward if my single voice would be drowned out by a of chorus of powerful supporters this is a circus following the hearing and president doubled down on his support for his pick for the supreme court he called come on all is testimony powerful and accuse democrats of obstruction calling on the senate to vote for the nominee as american reports from washington 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 of 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 having no was questioned for hours 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 well in this incredibly polarized climate of americans chose a side long before either of them spoke republican scheduled a hearing without talking to her or even inviting her to testify republicans also scheduled this hearing with dr ford with out having her allegations investigated by the f.b.i. if you wanted an f.b.i. investigation you could come to us what you want to do is destroy this guy's life hold this seat open and hope you win it twenty twenty you said that not me the entire country is watching how we handle these allegations i hope the american people can see through this sham. that you knew about it and you felt it you had no in kitchen or protecting daughter for in fact it would be super difficult to find anyone whose minds were changed after listening to that 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 while the sexual misconduct allegations are proving a very poor job in the capital case for the editor of a prestigious magazine they have cost him his job even though he was merely giving a perspective from the other side of the me too movement in the rumor from the new york review of books claims he was pressured to quit after publishing an essay by a former canadian radio host he had been acquitted of a sexual assault charges and used the peace to reflect on life after the accusations. i feel forced to resign in fact it is a capitulation to social media and university prices i have absolutely no doubt that the me too movement is a necessary corrective on male behavior but like all well intentioned and good things they can be undesirable consequences. and now we're having a look at one decision how one decision i should say can simply cost you your job

if you make the decision of publishing one particular essay. the new york review of books is a staple of american intellectual culture was actually hailed as the premier literary intellectual magazine of the english language by esquire and lauded by the new york times it has prided itself in posing questions in america's debates about life and culture since the one nine hundred sixty s. but in the era of me to that attempted debate has fallen flat ian buruma never himself accused of sexual misconduct decides to give voice to someone who has been accused and he gets fired. my interest in running this piece as i said is the point of view of somebody who has been pilloried in public opinion and what somebody like that feels about it it was not run as a piece to exonerate him or to somehow miss ingate the nature of his behavior the article that got broom of fired was written by a g.m.

ghomeshi is a canadian radio host whose career was destroyed when he was accused of sexual assault back in two thousand and sixteen now all the charges against him in twenty sixteen were dismissed in court due to lack of evidence however since then twenty different women have come forward and accused him now those accusations have not yet gone to court but jian ghomeshi never got his job back there are a lot of guys more hated than me now but i was the guy everyone hated first during the first two weeks i was suicidal i contemplated the methods by which i could kill myself i was terrified of being weak and terrified of falling asleep after the article was published there was a firestorm both in the media and on the internet pretty soon the room oh it was no longer the editor now the new york review of books even one as far as to publish an apology for what they thought was a poor editorial decision while mr ghomeshi has an absolute free speech right to

express his opinions were acknowledged in the presentation and editing of his story over. one hundred writers and contributors to the new york review were shocked about why their colleague had lost his job we find it very troubling that the public reaction to a single to cope republican some of us may have phoned the who should have been the occasion a few. ignatius now the writer of the article was indeed accused of sexual harassment but the editor in bruno wasn't he simply made the decision to publish the article now there's no question that me too is giving victims a voice that is much needed but getting people fired for giving a voice to people whose guilt has not yet been proven is that what me too was supposed to bring about mop and r t new york criminal defense attorney emily companion says the media is the to give more choices on a subject not less. there is a backlash effect occurring within journalism these days which essentially it's the

professional death sentence upon a mistake like that and the duty of the media the duty of this of this paper was to provide information it's to give an outlet to all of those voices in general journalists and editors i believe have a heightened sense of duty to not only act as stewards of the me to movement but that includes publishing and giving weight and light to all voices and all opinions along the spectrum so i do believe it's incumbent upon those participating in that industry to offer more voices to be heard rather than less to give more of an opportunity to be heard rather than editing in that need to movement and importantly there is a big sense of public opinion occurring where an allegation means a conviction. french authorities have launched an investigation against a black rapper for inciting violence and racial hatred that's after he posted

a video showing a white man being tortured shot and hiding from a tree and called for white babies to be killed youtube has suspended the clip called the whites. the rapper himself nick conrad says it's nothing but a work of fiction he also claimed he was simply turning the tables on the suffering of the black people have been doing for years but outrage at the video has no reached all the way to the very top the french interior minister strongly condemned the rapper you also call for further legal action and he was backed by politicians from every major party so we put the issue of whether there need to be limits on artistic expression up for debate. all violence in this way is to p. deplored of course but let's put it in perspective there are literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of hits on you tube videos from neo nazi hard

right rock bands for the rule of law replying but it will seem to be massively disproportionate when there is no general trend in the french black community or elsewhere for this sort of thing and the one time here example people have descended on in france you'll be exaggerating now you have to agree in any way but undoubtedly these i exaggerate i mean there is a problem there is a problem. i am using in general i am drill music i am gonna last one hundred black kids at the moment lee aligning in the more true your have been lying in a more tree we should calm down all violence like this all violent lyrics like this this kid is only at our say forty downloads we're going to be very careful we don't blow this out of proportion but he i've read the lyrics he's talking about stabbing caves in a nursery white kids and hanging their parents i'm sorry last out of order in my

book just well let's see what the guy said the guy said i wanted to reverse polarity and show what it's like for black people for hundreds of years to be victims to these things sounds credible to me whether he meant it or not who knows only he can tell but i do know there seems to be a big disproportionate difference with the way he's being treated to the way that the rest of the offenders on you tube are being treated one would never try not to condemn slavery would not you know no one's trying to make an excuse for that if he has used a seed and change the priority of it good however but by the same token i have condemned both plenty more stories still to come on the program here on r t including washington's tightening of its economic screws. suddenly sees the turkish president heading to germany for his first official visit but of the one says turkey and germany must put aside their differences details just amuck.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to. politics. 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 fine. the old saying you know we need to go back to more course that's. also the position of the guy that the. song goes in the new keys even if there is.

to go back to the country. it is good to have you with us today that president. is now in germany on his first formal state visit as president you can see pictures of him now being welcomed at the official residence of the job and presidency just a few hours ago a press conference is expected shortly between chancellor merkel and the meeting does come at a time amid growing economic pressure from washington on both germany and. reporting from berlin. turkish president is in germany with the extending

of all of the branches the building of bridges and the turning over of new pages in the relationship between ankara and berlin front and center it is our responsibility to rationally move our relations forward on the basis of our shared interests quite apart from irrational fears it's been a while since he was here twenty fourteen was the last time i was in germany on official business and in that time. have there been some exchanges between the two nations. i can see turkey being admitted to the european union i have never been able to see it happening. a germany you have no relation whatsoever to democracy and you should know that your current actions and no different to those of the nazi period president your jeopardizing everything that you've built together with others and your unspeakable nazi comparisons do not cut the ties to those who want a partnership with turkey. i'm calling on all my countrymen in germany the

christian democrats the s.t.p. and the green party are all enemies of turkey support those political parties who are not enemies of turkey so you see this more than just a few indiscretions to be over kill me if the chancellor and the president to be chums again if we go back to the attempted coup in turkey in twenty sixteen happy the suspects accused of taking part not to be granted asylum in germany while germany's on happy german citizens are in jail in turkey accused of taking part there if we also look at elections then turkey's unhappy you know the one particular on a happy. turkish rallies weren't allowed to be held in some german states while germany which was hosting elections in the same year they were angry the president urged one deemed it necessary to give tips to turkish germans on how they should vote in the german general election. the relationship between germany and turkey is

in a real low right now if only there was someone they could unite against. in particular is keen to have mrs merkel as an ally in the face of trumps trade war the current unilateral and reckless approach of the us government is dragging our world further into a merciless economic war which harms every player both mr and mrs merkel have ongoing economic shenanigans with donald trump the us president has slapped a massive tariffs on the import of turkish steel in our many m one german companies find themselves in a peculiar position over trump sanctions against iran also on top of that berlin is

being pressured by washington over germany's involvement in the north stream to gas pipeline project with russia policy. during these countries pressuring iran and turkey on one side and europe on the other side closer together in the economic terry fs in are the same chins against iran iran is a big economic partner for turkey and lived. in a. turmoil and trying to reach out to our sites to get support while building bridges is the order of the day there is one area where mr may have to concentrate germany has just beaten turkey to the right to host the twenty twenty four european football championships but of course that would probably pale into insignificance when there's a trade war waging trump to unite against people all over r.t. . so the release of the latest i phone. it always causes

a buzz and perhaps more importantly enormous hughes but it's not a phone but a fortune that some have been hoping to get their hands on in moscow today by actually selling their place in the line so much so it turns out that the first genuine purchaser was number two hundred forty seven in the queue. there is this. in the absolute in the split she. says leaving this nagging. little bit really. thought the deal like only a little nazi idea. well

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