so you have been active. in the last an open. with the. in the stories that shaped the way donald trump takes center stage at the u.n. general assembly in new york making one bold claim after another also ahead. a recall saying that the label assaulted me that some day be on the u.s. supreme court wifey my name has been totally and permanently destroyed after an emotionally charged committee hearing donald trump orders an f.b.i. investigation into claims of sexual assault leveled at his supremes court nominee.

plus in paris locals say their daily lives have been turned into a nightmare after special safe rooms for drug addicts we hear their concerns. this is a. city that will be the spark for all. this if you'd like to see this is. welcome to our sunday that means we're bringing you the biggest stories as reported right here over the past seven days first up for you this hour world leaders and top diplomats have been in new york this week for the seventy third united nations general assembly and when they got to grips with global issues like nuclear disarmament there was one person who certainly stole the show. donald trump president of the united states of them.

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. will become totally dependent on russian energy if it does not immediately change course. and. nations of the world should use is socialism. and the misery. that is bringing the .

un human rights council. has become a grave embarrassment no supported 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 us need 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. we are doing great that was a big big problem and you know the interesting when i did it and i was really being tough and so was i we love 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. do you. the

continuing sanctions deepen our mistrust of the us the us heavily relies on coercive 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 not so long ago washington and pyongyang appear to be on the brink of war now the u.s. secretary of state claims both countries are at the dawn of a new day recaps 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 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 nowhere with this he will truly regret it five years is 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 that is there it's a 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 jim and kim much personal correspondence magnificent very. wrong letter form

incredible letters letters that gave one i showed one of the letters just 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 peacemaker 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 the countries 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 is the worst sales i've ever seen the good tis as true still one of the dumbest steals one of the worst deals ever heard 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 from. sanctions against north korea were described as i dated by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov added that it would 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 of trust for the united states because the u.s. has broken promises on numerous occasions so decades as the north koreans that trust has to be built up one step at a time and so this is a situation in 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 either side. in an emotionally charged hearing on

thursday donald trump supremum court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman who accuses of him attempted rape thirty six years ago testified before the u.s. senate judiciary committee it was a big draw on t.v. across the country with twenty million people chiming 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 an unequivocal and here today not because i want to be am 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 and my daughter lies assert their prayers and little lies all of ten years old.

said i actually we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a ten year old. we mean we know we're well. i believe that if i came forward my single voice would be drowned out by a chorus of powerful supporters this is a circus of 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 after a 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 the gallows 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 that we can. have a short pause and make sure that the f.b.i. can investigate that 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 when the other 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 seven point four magnitude earthquake and tsunami in indonesia you 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 searching the rubble for survivors on the underside of some the way street. 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 cut due to widespread power outage the indonesian government allocating more than thirty seven million dollars for the rescue and recovery operation. story from france on 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 save turning their lives into a nightmare more details from charlotte to penske. behind these a gates stands in 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 clean 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 gangs diety about the south to shoot many locals were too afraid to speak directly on camera so that if you see if you see the boy be to see if we. set up on the back. office in the way you have in. your view of the city. this is.

where the boy didn't see the obvious but. if you. see. locals claim that 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 r.t. visited this street who was a week to witnessed an addict getting their fix. the liver and 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 our. close the addict was 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 up the solidity that was available they decided to get high on the. 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 urban significant evidence showing that it isn't hurting the desired effect sorties are now looking up to open up for drug crimes along with a move down to some in the country's desire to join the alliance of the previous attempts have been blocked by grief this time its neighbor seems to have found a bargaining chip for macedonia as a section to nato but there are still hurdles to overcome the first sticking point

is that the referendum's outcome lacks any legal clout and is subject to approval by the state's parliament the country's incumbent president. is not on board either and has been urging the public to boycott the referendum. it is violence against our historical memory but the aim is to limit the use of the name to macedonians to the smallest possible space and there is the space between our two ears while keeping our miles close to the republican macedonia is now asked to commit legal and historical suicide so the legal abolishment of the macedonian people can be interpreted as its own will. even if all this doesn't get in the way there's still one final step joining nato it won't be possible to the next alliance summit set for twenty twenty north macedonia has a long way to go before it's even been created. all these are the same. on sunday evening in sculpey at the capital of the macedonian republic where people who

boycotted the vote to be celebrating the low turnout have been very vocal outside parliament to cheering and chanting macedonia after the polls closed about three hours ago across the border to the south protesters rallied in the greek port city of thessaloniki which is in the province of macedonia with greece they were seen waving green flags demonstrating against the referendum politics professor at the university of macedonia and greece told us that the referendum has been a blow to those looking to gain influence over the bone could reach. around them and stop your history. is a is a. tool that alarms you made by the european union and the us said it got. the septal on the main in a way that you asked but they european union. in order to bullshit you all the western but we've seen. worse than maybe of. influence. they warn. bullsh while kind of

gone in. a european union and mate of this us up and already with montenegro there pushing it forward with. the former yugoslav republic of macedonia flaunts not in danger of the balkan people. in news from afghanistan in the week hundreds of locals who previously worked in the country for the german army block the entrance to a military base demanding help from berlin they say their work was put their lives in danger but it seems that their requests for asylum falling on deaf ears. we want justice done we want just. gone on the you know.

just. i was working at the front line with them i was working on a son. together german senior mentors with the german generals when i started my duty dad told me. we would help you if you for some problems. now we have this german war in afghanistan in our forehead so from german officers. to relook at us to the safe place. the we received direct and direct threats. sixty days ago

by the militants tortured and. his face smashed on. the other hand on family. should show them that we are really in danger we are not here for picnic we are not here for our time we are here to show them that you are really in danger we have really a big problem. with your fans. on. ok well following on from that and a comment to all to you the german defense ministry reiterated that it had found no risk to the majority of applicants and that service with the german army will be taken into account during assigned a request procedures. cream of global motor sport descended again on

southern russia this sunday for the latest round of formula one race sixteen wrapped up earlier with british driver lewis hamilton reaching the checkered flag and first place for the mercedes team sports correspondent alexy our chef he was there for us. we here in the black sea resort of sochi in south russia and this place is probably one of the favorite now for lewis hamilton the fastest englishman alive not only it's his third win it's also a clean sweep for them a sadist team five wins out of five here in sochi he was congratulated at the podium by the russian president was given the call and the biggest intrigue was whether lewis hamilton would repeat his antics of twenty fifteen when he actually soaked the russian president with champagne with when his champagne this time it didn't happen but it wouldn't actually retreated from the podium just people who is now michael opened his champagne now the race itself was absolutely fantastic i'm still recovering from the deafening noise which disrupted you know the cigarette it's you know this black sea resort it's

a fifth time that this event has been held in sochi i've heard people saying that this is probably the most one of the most interesting races so far 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 to go after that but obviously we'll see whether there's any room for the intrigue left. when all the action was taking place at formula one's fourth longest circuits the salty alter drum take a look. that's

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