were the previous standards not. highest ranks of the catholic church conceal the accused priests from the police and justice so something that. i included used. in the stories that shaped the way to donald trump take center stage at the u.n. general assembly in new york making one bold claim after another also ahead. i recall saying that the boy who assaulted me that some day be on the u.s. supreme court wifey my name totally and permanently destroyed after an emotionally charged committee hearing from paul does an f.b.i. investigation into claims of sexual assault leveled at his supremes court nominee.

plus impoverished locals say their daily lives have been turned into a night after special safe rooms for drug addicts etc we hear their concerns. this is. see these well to see. this if you'd like to see this. it's midnight in moscow monday october the first this is the weekly on look at the biggest stories reported right here over the past seven days with me calling break first up for you well the leaders and top diplomats have been in new york this week for the seventy third u.n. general assembly while they got to grips with global issues like nuclear disarmament there was one person who certainly stole the show.

the way they deal. the rest of. the world should resist. the misery.

god bless the nation. thank you very much. however. 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 he i will go back and forth and then we fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters and they're great letters to me when. during the continuing sanctions deepen our mistrust of the u.s. the u.s.

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. long ago of course the washington and pyongyang appeared to be on the brink of war and now the u.s. secretary of state claims both countries are at the dawn of a new day trying to recapture 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 wellbeing of their own people then the depraved regime in north korea know 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 there to get the wherewithal he will truly regret it fire fury the likes of which nobody has seen before totally destroy. north korea rocket man mad men is on a suicide mission for himself that is there it's a state that while today kim jong un whom is the president's most admired pen pal i'm sure you've heard about the beautiful letter to 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. 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 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 deals i've ever seen the disastrous deal 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 them 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 in 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 outdated 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 out 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 and it will be a chance to build trust through exchanges but there needs to be a give and take on either side. in an emotionally charged hearing on

thursday don't trump supremes 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 i want to be i 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 a said their prayers and little lies all of ten years old.

said to actually we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a ten year olds. we mean we know we're well. i believe that if i came forward my single voice would be drowned out by a of 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 capitol insisting that his pick remains the best choice for the job after a republican senator called to postpone the full senate confirmation and launch a week long investigation however the divide was evident among committee members during the heated hearing. pills or goes from one rule in or 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 in 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 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 seven point four magnitude earthquake and tsunami in indonesia more than eight hundred fifty 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 rescues. searching for it through the rubble for survivors on the island of some away zeb they're also trying to reach the dunbar area that's where the earthquake's epicenter was located the city of polly which was hit by the deadly tsunami is now in ruins seventeen thousand locals are homeless there's also no drinking water and 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 outages the indonesian government is allocating more than thirty seven million dollars for the rescue and recovery operation.

next in a story from france in the week in a bid to 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. behind these are 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 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 so that if you see if you see the boy be to see if we. have the last laugh.

of listen to what you have been. given to the fed if. this is the way the boy didn't see the gifts but. if it. was 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 also taking place in broad daylight. the last time marty visited the street. we two witnessed an addict getting their fix. this is the spot where that video was shot and if you come with me now i want you

to just get a sense of how close that project 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 that facility that was available they decided to get high in terms of 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 suburbs including one to do with smoking crack on our balance treatment that 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 than ski r.t. paris. you know with r.t. up next what's in a name a vote on changing a southern european countries name after decades of dispute with greece left voters cold and protesters furious on both sides details on that coming up next.

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a southern european countries name appears to have fallen flat with voters this sunday despite those who went to cast their ballots largely backing the move a low turnout in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia means the decades long dispute with neighboring greece could continue both countries lay claim to the name macedonia with neither side wanting to gild both saying it threatens their national identity and territorial sovereignty ninety percent of those who went to vote in the polls are in favor of the name change but only thirty five percent of voters turned out in the balkan states well below the fifty percent needed to make the vote valid despite that though the macedonian prime minister is pledging to push on and take the vote to parliament is a look at the possible changes ahead for macedonia. the republic of macedonia a balkan state 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 north the change would bring an end to a twenty seven year long dispute 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 pose just one albeit double barreled question whether the macedonian people want to join nato and the e.u. 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 after previous attempts have been blocked by greece this time its neighbor seems to have found a bargaining chip for macedonia as a session to nato but there are still hurdles to overcome the first sticking point is that the referendums outcome lacks any legal clout and is subject to approval by the states 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 the aim is to limit the use of the name to macedonians to the smallest possible space and that is the space between the two is all while keeping our miles closed 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 won't be possible until the next alliance summit set for twenty twenty north macedonia has a long way to go before it's even been. created. i believe the scenes on sunday evening in skopje the capital of the macedonian republic where people who boycotted the vote would be celebrating the no ten had they been very vocal outside parliament to cheering and chanting macedonia after the polls closed about four hours ago now across the border to the south protest of the ballot in the city of

beslan again as well which is in the province of macedonia and greece they were saying waving green flags demonstrating against the referendum but the politics professor at the university of macedonia in greece told us the referendum has been a blow to those looking to gain influence over the balkan region. around them and stop your history. start a fight on the missile is a is a. law. so that alarms made by the european union and the us said it got the baby. to settle on the main in a way that you asked about the bear and the european union or bet it's all about in order to bullshit you all the western but take a long look we've seen. worse than maybe of. fremantle and. they warn. bullsh while kind of gone in. a european union and also an eighth of this us up and already with montenegro there

pushing it forward with. the former yugoslav republic of macedonia all is east blondes are not in danger just of the balkan people. the news from afghanistan in the wake 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 has put their lives in danger but it seems their request for asylum a falling on deaf ears. just not. just. 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 a german general when i started my duty there told me. we would help you if you for some problems. in the. knowledge we have this german war in afghanistan in our war here so we from german officers could clean this. look at us to the safe place. do we receive direct and direct threats. sixty days ago by the militants case tortured and. his face smashed on. the other hand

not 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 we are really in danger we have really a big problem. with our fans. on. following up on that in a comment to altie the german defense ministry reiterated that it found no risk to the majority of applicants and that service with the german army would be taken into account cheering asylum request procedures. the cream of global motor sport descended again in southern russia this sunday for the latest round of formula one racing with british driver lewis hamilton reaching the checkered flag in the first place for the mercedes team sports correspondent alexy ever shifting

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 when 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 cup and the biggest intrigue was whether louis tomlinson 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 and actually retreated from the podium just before louis comical opened his champagne now the race itself was absolutely fantastic i'm still recovering from the deafening noise which disrupted you know this already it's you know this black sea resort it's a face 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 all the action was taking place in formula one's fourth largest circuit the salty auto drum take a look. and that's the weekly for this hour what are you choosing and thanks for checking in

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