the civil war in sudan has claimed close to four hundred thousand lives according to a us state department funded report saying the question then where are the countries which initially supported africa's newest nation now also ahead. pools is there a plan b. and c. questions about what does it have to do is i don't mind answering that question but i'd like to do the other headline and. sexual assault allegations against donald trump supreme court nominee overshadow the announcement of a wide ranging new trade deal with america's neighbors. germany reportedly greenlights a multimillion dollar arms deal with saudi arabia keeping pace with other european

suppliers first despite outcry over the saudis participation in the yemeni conflict . writes on the streets of barcelona as the rest of catalonia region marks a year now since an unsanctioned independence referendum faced a brutal plan from madrid. good afternoon this is out international law from moscow with me kevin and it's just in two pm here now this tuesday first this hour a damning new report suggests that the death toll from the civil war in south sudan has reached almost four hundred thousand people multiple times more than that had previously been thought the shocking figures are a long way away from the hope that originally surrounded the country's declaration of independence back in twenty eleven the u.s.

was quick to support africa's newest nation then but the question is how long did that help continue is caleb maupin. south sudan is the youngest country in the world and according to a new report from the u.s. state department it's off to a pretty bleak start almost four hundred thousand people killed half of them killed in the conflict the other half dying of hunger and disease now previously prior to this report the estimates had only been in the tens of thousands but now it looks like the numbers of deaths in south sudan are approaching the number that have died in the conflict in syria pretty bleak but it wasn't always like this now in the one nine hundred ninety s. there was no south sudan sudan was one country and it was embroiled in the longest running civil war in the continent. however there were some perks at that point sadam had lots of oil to sell and china

was pouring in investments and that is when the sanctions rolled in sudan was declared to be a state sponsor of terror bill clinton bombed a factory in one thousand nine hundred eight that he said was making chemical weapons our forces also attacked a factory in sudan associated with. the factory was involved in the production of materials for chemical weapons but actually the factory was just making medicine no evidence of chemical weapons has ever been produced now the usa pushed for south sudan's independence in two thousand and eleven the usa hailed south sudan for breaking away and becoming a new country we may only have to go in the republic of south sudan and to think you have sovereign nations but the euphoria did not last long it breaks my heart to see what south sudan has become today country fell into a civil war between rival clans the president turned against the vice president and

mass killings and hunger ensued and all this killing was a headache for the united nations so with a new. stray ssion now in the white house the u.s. role in south sudan is being reassessed the united states government will not continue in a partnership with leaders who are only interested in perpetuating an endless war characterized by ethnically motivated atrocities the government of south sudan has lost credibility and the united states is losing patience yes south sudan is yet another example of the us state department telling us that they're going to go rescue some or all press people on the other side of the planet and then they're left spending money to analyze results showing that the conditions overall are getting a lot worse to an extent the world seem to have forgotten about south sudan not too long ago it was the world that was running together to form this new nation then at the expense of northern sudan which was run by bashir and he would appear that

petty politics between the chinese and the us in terms of the respective influences on those countries have meant that for now at least the world seems to have forgotten about the sudan crisis some so forgotten about displacement of people women and children under spent of children across the nation and is very much an impoverished states. and of course we know that a lot of things do not work effectively in south sudan. for all intensive purposes the the west and the international community seems to of when the blind eye. trumps filled his campaign promises a new trade deal with america canada and mexico but the announcement of a landmark agreement was overshadowed by a sexual misconduct allegations against the u.s. president supreme court nominee bret covena and it also added fuel to trump standard for the media to truly historic news this will be

a new dawn this landmark agreement an incredible new this new deal will be the most modern up to date and balanced trade agreement in the history of our country brett kavanaugh foods is there a plan b. i have two questions about if you can mr president you said that it's incorrect to say you know the f.b.i. investigation what does that have to do is right i don't mind answering the question but you know what i'd like to do the trade has to do with the other headline in the news which is the kind of i know but how about talking about trade and then we'll get to that you have a question or drag will you want to get more questions later and several questions get just to that that's not to spread you should just somebody is before you excuse me don't do that you have a question on trade you answered several but you have a question on she's shocked that a picture. like the state of. i'm not thinking that's ok and you think you never do it was trump's big day as he unveiled a new deal with canada and mexico that's supposed to replace nafta and if you remember he once called nafta the worst deal ever but trump's replacement deal is

apparently a historic transaction the deal which took over a year to negotiate is called the united states mexico canada agreement and it will apparently solve all of the problems with nafta has and it will open markets to farmers and manufacturers and reduce trade barriers but during his campaign trump had promised to either renegotiate nafta or break it so this new deal fulfills that promise but at the press conference journalist weren't concerned about the deal they were really interested in the capital case and to remind the viewers tabun as a supreme court nominee who was accused of sexual harassment some have even said the trump's moment was. and from him so an important development in economic policy was once again overshadowed by the latest liberal scandal of the moment and it doesn't look like it will stop anytime soon. germany's reportedly approves new arms exports to saudi arabia were for most three hundred million dollars the move comes despite strong criticism of the saudis for their participation in the yemeni

conflict we should resulted in thousands of civilian casualties though as our reports next there's no shortage of countries willing to send weapons still to rehat. and isn't lives being taken away in yemen by saudi bombs you may get the impression it's a big deal for them we are concerned about importing humanitarian situation again and i'm the risk of home to civilian populations this is the worst humanitarian crisis that is in china a humanitarian disaster this cannot become a forgotten crisis speaking of deals guess who saudi arabia and its coalition friends get their war machines from. these are called like clerk tanks made to joint they by france and germany here they are in a yemeni desert. if

it hadn't been for an m.r.i. the mogul who once served as a middleman between paris and abu dhabi we might have never learned about the nuts and bolts of the tank purchase but the guy didn't get his commission fee for his job as a broker he went on to sue the french eventually we keenly spilled the beans on the trial and the contract numbers the contract with the government of the us was concluded on the sixth of april one thousand nine hundred ninety three for the delivery of three hundred eighty eight combat tanks leclaire forty six tank recovery armored vehicles two training tanks spare parts ammunition and various other deliveries at a price of three billion six hundred thirteen million four hundred sixty seven thousand two hundred twenty three dollars. over three and

a half billion bucks worth of tanks one of the coalition's many tools to reduce yemen to rubble of course the saudis see it as fight against terrorism. up next missiles. i'll show you another contract the money has already been paid although delivery is still pending saudi arabia is getting four hundred u.s. made laser guided missiles from spain they cost riyadh nine point two million euros that's pennies compared to the tanks i told you about earlier but the newly elected spanish government was having second thoughts about the deal eventually though they all vanished knowing which in one thousand we found no reason not to fill our

commitments we've made a decision that we have to honor this contract so you can this brings us to one of the biggest armed deals in the history of canada. auto was been wary of what's going on with human rights in saudi arabia however change of government in ottawa doesn't. lead to the cancellation of contracts previously signed but moving forward we are committed to the kind of openness transparency and rigor or the number of zeroes on the twelve billion dollar paycheck is just way too tempting so hundreds of canadian made armored vehicles will be heading to the middle east next stop you hear politicians get emotional over innocent victims in yemen picture a massive dollar sign and. your head there are the interests of.

arms manufacturers and of course the largest being the united states something like sixty to seventy percent of the arms in saudi arabia. but the english the french the germans. the norwegians have historically. sold weapons and. that's now going to economic interests the current leadership of saudi arabia feels empowered enable their back. on monday saudi arabia admitted it had made mistakes in its attacks in yemen which has left more than ten thousand civilians dead that statement criticism from the u.n. which stated there's no evidence that anyone was sanctioned over those so-called arabs bodies also describe the situation in yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis with more than twenty million people in need of aid.

it. was nice to leave an endless source of nutrition at times when there were all that food program lacks food for us to leave our main from. you know if i don't let me do. it one of my children staffers from mineral deficiency and dr stead that either has a kidney infection my dad because of this force and because of the lack of aid and clean water. we receive between ten to twenty cases of mid to severe malnutrition on a daily basis especially among children from displaced families from absent iran

many children suffer from severe acute malnutrition due to destitution and poverty in which displaced families live. a prominent political politician in britain is under fire for joking reference to libya jacob reese called the african state the people's republic of germany or something as he put it at the conservative party conference. straight to elicit checker in london hi there unfortunate job seem to be constant recurrence at the conservative party this is conservative m.p. of course they've got the big conference underway now why is this one hit such a raw nerve. well kevin indeed because this is quite

a bizarre comment to be heard from a well known politician referencing another nation this was indeed hard line breaks a tear and tory m.p. jacob riis mog speaking on the sidelines of the annual a conservative party conference and what he was actually referencing was the great socialist people's libyan arab jemma here which is roughly translated as state of masses and that's what the north african nation of libby used to be called under more market duffy yet he chose those words instead and reaction was very swift to follow deary me jacob reese mogue your first attempt at global diplomacy has failed in a bit of casual racism did you and bush johnson have the same job or a future it's in college maybe now is the time to learn some respect for other countries little englander jacob three small shows his disdain for the rest of the world this tired return to government has had its time britain deserves better than

this inward looking bunch of on wordly has been and never were. this sort of remark is becoming too common from the bracks it is coming as it does in the wake of course his recent. insulting other people is not the way i want my country represented and the public see it for what it is petty politics well the reason those boris johnson burka jibes and boris johnson in general get mentioned in a few of those reactions is because the u.k. the former u.k. foreign secretary has himself come under fire on many occasions for quite controversial comments but indeed with the burkas he had just recently compared women wearing them to letterbox is causing quite a bit of controversy here in the u.k. but with these latest comments on libya they do seem quiet strange indeed especially given the role that britain had played in the destiny of libya as a nation. and this is c n t thanks very much for that and now coming up here an

hour to international arrests and violence in spain's restive catalonia a year after that independence referendum was suppressed by madrid we're told about that more right ahead. something seems wrong oh well we just don't all. get to shape out these days because that's ok and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy thing for him to let it be an arms race in his own very dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. time to sit down and talk. and. i came straight and turned to violence and. a pro independence activists were marking a year now since the referendum to break away from spain was brutally crushed by madrid the police were back on the streets in force over thirty were injured in the latest on the rest. was.

nearly two hundred thousand people gathered in barcelona of the council on regional capital to gas and rubber bullets. they used to break up crowds of the rallied in front of the parliament building campaigners both spanish flags and chant approach separatists slogans earlier in the day activists blocked major roads and rail will lines across the region. this is northern france of major dawn raid on a muslim club suspect of extremist activity with more from paris is out of the shadow due bensky these raids took place near the northern port city in france of dunn kirk they took place on what's deemed to be

a cultural association called center near dung kirk now we understand that the homes of twelve of the leaders of that so-called cultural center were targeted in these raids which started under the cover of darkness at six am local time here in france a huge operation with two hundred police officers involved and we understand that eleven individuals have been detained including three who've been placed in custody for the possession of illegal firearms well so far the prefecture in france has given this statement about that operation. the activities of sans result of france under close watch given its leaders clear support for several terrorist organizations and movements disposing ideas country to french republican values well what do we know about this center we understand that the assets of the center have been frozen for six months as a result of that operation when the stand that it was established back in two

thousand and five and that its aim was to spread islam there's also suggestions that it suspected of having links to pro is in the midst of militant groups and we understand that the site's prayer room has been closed down as a result of that operation on tuesday now france as we know has been in the high alert of a terror threat since two thousand and fifteen when there were a series of attacks in the country killing two hundred and forty six individuals and over the last few years there have been many terrorists including in november last year when knowing individuals were arrested in the september of two thousand and seventeen two individuals were arrested near the usual near paris and also back in july two thousand and seventeen there were five arrests after raids in northern france and in belgium at the moment there is little information coming out about the individuals that have been arrested but of course we will keep you up to date

as soon as we learn more. attorney most a historic changes to the rights of parents in the country the unprecedented situation could reverse previous requirements for a mother to be registered on every birth certificate more the story that at the center of this legal battle is a single parent who was born a woman but now lives as a man after undergoing surgery he wants to be identified as the father or per cent and says that not being allowed to do so violates his human rights to privacy and family life english law. it's that he must appear is the biological mother on the birth certificate and all that's preventing him from receiving state benefits or while this is a unique case in england we think since twenty sixteen the u.s. state of california has given parents the choice to pick between mother or father or simply parent according to personal preference we've got the views of political commentator david vance and campaigner peter tatchell. the question this case

raises is who should be on the birth certificate shouldn't necessarily be a mother or father or could it just be a parent i would think that it's not really important for legal reasons or any other practical reason why has to be a mother peter just said this let's remove mother from the birth certificate and replace it with something more more nonspecific such as parent but mothers give birth the kids sorry spoiler alert that's how it's been that's how it was always going to be and no one minds of debate are going to change that biological fact why why not just be make a reasonable accommodation in the small number of cases to acknowledge this person of the parents of the child will know that this person is their parent legally as well as in reality this child would become the first child in the history of this country and i but i believe anywhere else on their birth certificate the word

mother is missing so just consider this for a moment can you imagine the cycle on psychological damage that this would impact that child the child will probably find it different and unusual but as we have seen with same sex parents children get a handle on things pretty quickly love is about you know a parent's commitment and care for a child. what's on the birth certificate really doesn't affect that love and commitment in those instance that you that you've mentioned same sex couples regardless of the configuration the child was always born to a woman simple biological fact you know what i mean that's not being judgmental it's being it's being it's a fine dish and the fact that we must not be we must not run away from just because it might hurt some people's feelings there have been transmit some. in

a similar situation have given birth and they have accepted that they should be named as the mother so this case is unique and it's different but i think the number of instances that will be involved in a similar circumstance is so so tiny we should not get hot heads up about us and we should just make the accommodation but. yet peter peter the law is not best on on the exceptions the law must apply to all you just can't operate at the way that you'd like to so the fact of the matter is that this child was born to a woman and there for the birth certificate should reasonably reflect that reality . that's where these look in so far the shoes day is twenty five minutes past two o'clock here in moscow when i'm sick of it all in about with more than thirty five minutes from.

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say that globally the number of zombie firms is over twelve percent in the u.s. it's approaching fifteen percent of all firms cannot meet current debt cost from current profit to discomfort from zombie banks ok the zombie bank plagued as spilled over to zombie corporations what is a zombie bank is on the bank is a bank that's technically insolvent it's kept alive by bailouts continuing rolling balance from the central banks because of their friends in the other the banks the commercial banks the lloyds that h.s.b.c. the b.n.p. the citibank they're technically insolvent but they're kept alive even though zombies too is a perpetual rolling of bailout they call quantitative easing or some other name that they come up with every few months this is spilled over now to the general economy and the corporations listed on the s. and p. five hundred these are in fact companies that cannot maintain their buy ability through profits as that word is understood that you're selling stuff for more than

a cost they are reliant entirely on blood transfusions this is a vampire economy this is a frankenstein economy this is a zombie economy and of course the pop culture reflects this as bob proctor as the saying of the one nine hundred eighty s. the pop culture. guys is reflected in the market zombies are not in hollywood because we live in a world of zombies and because the zombie banks became zombies after eating the you know the basically the flesh the actual living. beings that were the workers the productivity the wealth of all our pension funds and you know it's the zombie pension funds and there are looming frightening monster debt obligations that they owe their you know members of the pension fund that i was feeding the zombies as well because as the b.a.'s.