in the stories that shaped the week donald trump takes center stage at the u.n. general assembly in new york making one bold claim there also ahead. a recall saying that the boy. that some. sort. of totally. destroyed. motion only charged a committee hearing order as an f.b.i. investigation into the claims of sexual assault at his supreme court nominee. plus in paris the locals say their daily lives have been turned into a nightmare after special safe rooms for drug addicts are set up we hear their

concerns. this is. c b s but what. does he feel like to see. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is our team international now world leaders and top diplomats have been in new york this week for the seventy third united nations general assembly the majority were there to discuss substantiative global issues like nuclear disarmament there was one person who had his own agenda. donald trump president of the united states of america.

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 seeing how 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 when. you see 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 not so long ago washington in pyongyang appeared to be on the brink of war and now the u.s. secretary of state claims both countries are are at the dawn of a new day martinelli a potential comments now on an eventful past 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 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 is there it's 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 eight letters received 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 br. through 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 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 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 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 trying to. sanctions against north korea were described as outdated by russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov added that it would be better to support corrina 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 over the 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 neither side. need to mull to us a hearing on thursday donald trump's and supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and of the woman who's accused him of attempted rape thirty six years ago testified before the u.s. senate judiciary committee into a lot of attention across the country with tens of millions of 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 unequivocal i am 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 and my daughter lies or 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 need 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 well following another round of hearings in the senate judiciary committee a republican senator called for the postponement of the full senate confirmation and a week long investigation this triggered the us president to ask the f.b.i. to look into the claims against kavanaugh trump still insisted though that the judge remains the best choice for the job the divide was evident among committee

members and during the hearing on thursday. 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 are here today voting on this nomination this supposed to be an independent equal branch of government we're no longer that we are now 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 cavanagh 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 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 a 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 has been a huge surge in the number of deaths caused by friday's seven point four magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami in indonesia more than eight hundred thirty people are now confirmed to have lost their lives and that figure is expected to rise even further indonesian disaster many. human agency says around two point four million people have been affected rescuers are searching the rubble for survivors on the island of civil way see they are also trying to reach the. area which was at the earthquake's epicenter city of paulo which was hit by the deadly tsunami is

now in ruins seventeen thousand locals are homeless there's also no drinking water and there are 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 widespread power outage indonesian government is allocating more than thirty seven million dollars for the rescue and recovery operations. in a bit to try and stop the spread of disease the authorities in pairs are in creasing of the number of a special safe houses for drug addicts but residents who live nearby say that it's turning their lives into a nightmare more details now from. behind these are gates stands the south district six france's first illegal venue especially for addicks 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 the lives into a nightmare and despite their anxiety about the celtics heat many locals were too afraid to speak directly on camera so if you see if you see the boy be to see what we. said was that. the. office in the what you have. said. this is a. secret spot well for. this if you. see this 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 secession into 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. but 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 there is the space between our two ears. 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 weren'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. these were the scenes on sunday evening in sculpture the capital of the macedonian republic where people who boycotted the vote have been celebrating the low turnout they have been very vocal outside the parliament as well cheering and chanting in macedonia after the polls closed well we talked to the leader of the united macedonia party about the pushback against the name change. and what this is going to give them the most macedonians do not want to join nato or the you essentially with this referendum with protecting macedonia centuries old name and the identity history and traditions of the macedonian people our party is against nato an e.u. membership and this referendum is simply a question of the highest national interest western influence is huge here in the last ten to fifteen days we've been visited by brussels and washington's highest political and diplomatic representatives but we can't be bought and our will is

unbreakable macedonians they want to change the name of the state and they don't want to join nato. across the border to the south protesters have rallied in the greek port city of vessel on a key as well which is in the province of macedonia in greece though they were seen waving greek flags demonstrating against the referendum a politics professor at the university of macedonia in greece who told us the referendum has been a setback for those looking to exert influence over the wider balkan region. oh. so that blonde soon made by the european union and the u.s. senate got the baby on. the settle on a maine in a way that you asked about the bear they european union to explore in order to pull shake you'll win the western but take along like we've seen the.

west that made the elf. days they want. bullsh while kind of contest in. a european union on tulsa an eighth of this a step and already with month and they get all they're pushing it forward with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia only response not contained the test of the balkan people. hundreds of locals who have previously worked in afghanistan for the german army blocking the entrance to a military base there demanding help from berlin and they say their work has put in their lives in danger and they're not being granted asylum. we want justice done we want justice. on

top of that 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 there told me. we would help you if you for some problems. you know. knowledge we have this german war in afghanistan in our forehead so we from german officers could clean this. look at us to the safe place.

we received direct and direct threats. sixty days ago by the militants he's tortured and. his face is 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 we are really in danger we have really a big problem. with our fans. on. and they commented to r.t. the german defense ministry reiterated that it had found no risk to the majority of applicants and that service with the german army would be taken into account or

during asylum request procedures. the cream of the global motor sports descended again on southern russia this sunday for the latest round of formula one race sixteen saw british driver lewis hamilton reaching the checkered flag in the first place for the mercedes team our correspondent was there for we hear from god through the mud from the civilians. we can be. even the. committee i was to say is it's a national it's the same a lot of it's. also a lot of principles that you. would hope to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected.

so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go to the press this is what before three of them will be good. interest is always in the waters of. the city. ellie this road that fifty meters is the thing between us.