in the story. stage at the u.n. general assembly. also ahead. an emotionally charged committee hearing. claims of sexual assault.

in paris. being turned into a nightmare. we hear that. this is. the. this is. bringing you the biggest stories covered here over the past seven days welcome program world leaders and top diplomats have been in new york this week for the seventy third united nations general assembly while they got to grips with global issues like nuclear disarmament there was one person who certainly stole the show. president of the united states of america.

china's market distortions. and the way they deal. cannot be tolerated. opec nations are as usual ripping off the rest of the world i don't like it nobody should like it. here many will become totally dependent on russian energy and if it does not immediately change course. all nations of the world should resist socialism. and the misery. that is bringing the. u.n. human rights council. had become

a grave embarrassment no support in recognition to the international criminal court the i.c.c. has no jurisdiction no legitimacy and no authority. god bless the nations of the world thank you very much of the usa to give plenty of attention to the north korea issue taking the opportunity to praise washington's progress with pyongyang however the north korean foreign minister didn't quite match trump's enthusiasm. we are doing great that was a big big problem and you know the interesting one i did it and i was really being tough and so was i we'll go back and forth and then we fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters and they're great letters so i mean. the continuing sanctions deepen our mistrust of the u.s. the u.s. heavily relies on coal. measures that are lethal to trust building without any

trust in the us we have no confidence in our national security and under such circumstances there is no way we will unilaterally disarm ourselves also long ago washington and pyongyang appear to be on the brink of war now the u.s. secretary of state planes both countries are at the dawn of a new day every cap's the past eventful twelve months 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 holds 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 nowhere with it he will truly regret it five years as a fury the likes of which nobody has seen before totally destroy north korea rocket men mad men is on a suicide mission for himself so that if there is a state that while today. 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 jim and kim much personal correspondence magnificent very strong letter form incredible letters a letter that gave one i showed. one of the letters just one to prime minister b.

he said this is actually a groundbreaking letter like any other president donald trump would love to be remembered as a true global peace maker it took him a year and a half from his inauguration to zero in on his desired legacy a true breakthrough in the korean crisis barak obama was having a harder 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 one of the worst sales i've ever seen in a good disaster is still one of the dumbest deals 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 good bye to the green minutes he quit unilaterally without paying attention to pretty much what the rest of the world has to say about today's action sends a critical message to 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

the sanctions against north korea have been described as i would dated by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov added that it will be better to support korean efforts rather than impose further restrictions we spoke to a lawyer and korea peace campaigner who says that despite the obvious progress relations may stall unless there's compromise it's time to step back a little bit and not assume that the north koreans are just going to lay down their weapons on trust with the united states because the u.s. has broken promises on numerous occasions so it's as the north koreans that trust has to be built up one step at a time and so this is a situation which for the first time we have the two sides really dialogue going and it will be a chance to build trust through exchange of said but there needs to be a give and take on neither side. in an emotionally charged hearing on

thursday don't trumps supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh the woman who accuses him of attempted rape thirty six years ago testified before the u.s. senate judiciary committee he was a big draw on t.v. across the country with twenty million people tuning in. i recall saying that the boy who assaulted me could someday be on the u.s. supreme court i denied the allegation immediately categorically and unequivocally and here today not because they 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 doctor for and her family the other night actually and my daughter lies or said their prayers and little lies are all of ten years old. said to actually we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from

a ten year old. we mean we know well. i believe that if i came forward my single voice would be drowned out by have a chorus of powerful supporters this is a circus following another round of hearings in the senate judiciary committee the us president ordered an f.b.i. investigation into capital insisting that his pick remains the best choice for the job off the republican senate a call to postpone the full senate confirmation and launch a week long investigation however the divide was evident among committee members during the heated hearing fills our gallus from wonderland around here rather than working with us my democratic colleagues chose not to participate in this process and yet again and again their refrain has been the same delay delay delay i'm very disappointed that we're here today voting on this nomination this is supposed to be

an independent equal branch of government we're no longer that we are an arm and a very weak arm of the trump white house is the beginning. of a process. that will tear this country apart the u.s. senate judiciary committee has been conducting confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh nominated to be a supreme court justice by donald trump they took a vote to take the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the floor of the u.s. senate now as the vote was preparing we saw kind of a last minute proposal from republican senator jeff flake he proposed essentially that a final vote on the floor of the senate wouldn't take place until the f.b.i. had been able to do an investigation i do think we can. have

a short pause and make sure that the f.b.i. can investigate and i understand it is that some of us would have to and i'm prepared to do it make a request to the white house to ask the f.b.i. to do that investigation it would be short. and limited in scope to the current allegations that have been made i would like to support the motion for that investigation i've explained many times with mother if the investigation is not necessary the nomination of brett kavanaugh has certainly divided the united states of america both sides very fired up about it and it appears that next week we will have a final vote in the u.s. senate regarding his confirmation as a supreme court justice in the united states the highest court in the land but it has been quite contentious protests all around capitol hill lots of accusations on both sides lots of anger. there's been

a huge surge in the number of deaths from friday's and seven point four magnitude earthquake and tsunami in indonesia more than eight hundred thirty people are now confirmed dead but the numbers expected to rise into the thousands the indonesian disaster management agency says around two point four million people have been affected by the disaster rescuers are so. in the rubble for survivors on the island of sin a way see they're also trying to reach the area which is the location of the earthquake's epicenter the city of pallu which was hit by the deadly tsunami is now in ruins seventeen thousand locals are homeless there's also no drinking water and the reports of mass looting the full extent of the disaster is still unknown because roads are blocked by landslides and communications have been cut due to a widespread power outage the indonesian government allocating more than thirty seven million dollars for the rescue and recovery operations. in a story from france in the week in

a bid to try and stop the spread of disease the authorities in paris are increasing the number of special safe houses for drug addicts but residents who live nearby say it's turning their lives into a nightmare more details from charlotte to penske. behind these and gates stands the sour district the fixture in france's first illegal venue especially for addicts the idea was to give addicts a safe space to get cali needles to prevent the spread of disease as well as to be able to seek help but since it opened almost two years ago people are living and working on this street say it's turned their lives into a nightmare and despite gang signs about the south to shoot many locals were too afraid to speak directly on camera if you see if you see the boy be to see if we can. set up on the back. office into what you have been. given if. this is

the way the border see. if you. will locals claim the shooting gallery as it's been dubbed by the media makes the area for more dangerous and even though hundreds of addicts have made use of the facility many also is still choosing to shoot up right here on the street videos taken in recent weeks show drug deals. taking place in broad daylight the last time on t.v. sit in the street who was a wee too witnessed an addict getting their fix. this is the sport where that video was shot and if you come with me now i want you to just get a sense of how close that addict was to the drugs room that is being set up by the

authorities here it's just over here it's a stone's throw away and instead of using the facility that was available they decided to get hot. violence and aggressive behavior is now being witnessed he almost daily. police statistics show that since the drugs room was opened more than one thousand eight hundred offenses have been reported for the possession of narcotics their consumption and theft despite the outcry from locals earned significant evidence showing that it isn't toughing the desired effect and now looking up to open up for drug crimes along with a move. i think it would be necessary to have four rooms in paris and suburbs including one to do with smoking crack on our balance treatment but meets health needs but if this pilot project is anything to go by these new versions just won't

solve the problem in fact they could create even more so it didn't skate otty paris you know with r.t. and to national coming up there's been a vote in southern europe this sunday on changing one country's name after a decade's old dispute with neighboring grayson but it's fallen flat with voters the details after the break. unfortunately cranium government destroys that country i don't know maybe they don't understand this but they destroyed the country they lost not only crimea but they lost their own people in two regions ukrainians and russians they really have historical very deep roots and to cause this center to try just to show yourself

that you are absolutely separate and different. from russians this is absolutely stupid the way this is the way to nowhere. that a position. played a crucial role in this if god save the life of the civilians and by all means that we can feel for our own think even you know it all and. committing crime was the sec is the national mall this is what it is six. months and again also our principles and values. welcome back to some of today's developments now a referendum to change a southern european countries name appears before the flop with voters

a low turnout in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia means the decades long dispute with neighboring greece looks likely to be unlikely to be solved anytime soon both countries like claim to the name macedonia with neither side wanting to yield and both saying that it threatens their national identity and territorial sovereignty but only thirty five percent of voters turned out in the balkan state well below the fifty percent needed to make the vote valid and back to prove problematic as macedonia looks to undergo change and join global alliances. republic of macedonia a balkan states in southern europe that could be about to go through a small name change it's a vote that's grabbed the attention of europe's powerhouse and even u.s. officials and it's all down to one word. the change would bring an end to a twenty seven year long to speak with greece it's concerned about historical and territorial claims as it has a province called macedonia previously the territory of the macedonian state until the beginning of the twentieth century simple on paper but is it really. referendum

ballots oppose just one double barreled question whether the macedonian people want to join nato and the and in turn support an agreement with greece to change the country's name to north macedonia. so it comes down to some in the country's desire to join the alliances of the previous attempts have been blocked by greece this time its neighbors seems to have found a bargaining chip for massive during his ascension to nato but there are still hurdles to overcome. i've heard people saying that this is probably the most one of the most interesting races this win for the fastest english man on the planet lewis hamilton means that he pretty much got one hand on the trophy fifty points at the top of the table with sebastian vettel from ferrari trailing second so it's almost guaranteed that he will win this trophy with three more races so go after that but obviously we'll see whether there's any room for the intrigue left and that's the

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on welcome two worlds apart the phrase geography is destiny is usually attributed to the color and just before he took on russia decision that ultimately cost him everything to centuries later maxim is reviled by many in georgia in ukraine who feel that russia's overbearing security prevents them from following their own path everybody's geography and destiny be reconciled in the post office space well to discuss that i'm now joined by you know

a georgian politician and twice the country's former acting president and speaker of parliament it's good to talk to your thank you very much for your time now some of your enemies call you the most pro russian politician in georgia something that i'm sure a town or event five years ago was a major of fans is that still in the fans you know and yes some people are calling me as a pro russian politician because i think this is not the right to free mission i'm not pro rushed. and i'm not pro western let's say so called joy georgia politician because i think that everybody in the country of the political and should try to do what is the right for the country if was a country is think east to have good relations with russia you should do that and. you don't mean that's good relations exclusively with russia. of course not of course to have good relations with russia doesn't mean not to have relations and

good relations with as a neighbors always the united states all these european countries. russia is country with. very serious strengths in the region and we have lots of problems with the russian federation so but this is a very important from my point of view we have to discuss these issues and problems with russia when you have problems you have to discuss and only in this way the people are calling me a suppression politician but was outed as are you here on your show russia as much as you're willing to talk to russia i want to speak with russia i want to find solution was a russian and georgian no problems i want to go establish friendly relations with russia because i'm sure that this is important for my country let me ask you specifically about friendly relations because the political relationship between the two countries is still very tenuous but this year we have witnessed a significant increase in bilateral trade and in tourism the number of russians

visiting your country so far this year has exceeded a million and from what i understand. a quarter more than last year so it seems that when it.