civil war in africa's newest country claims close to four hundred thousand lives according to a u.s. funded report it's probably the question where is the initial support for south sudan gone also. struggle between empathy and law unfolds in italy is a program where is placed under house arrest for allegedly helping illegal immigrant. america's nato ambassador threatens a preemptive strike on russia to take out a missile stockpile accusing moscow of violating a major cold war era treaty bringing the latest on that's new in. the people's republic of jam a prominent conservative party politician in the u.k.

is under fire after making that insensitive quip about libya. hi good evening my name is kevin owen you're watching r.t. international broadcasting around the world from our h.q. here in moscow russia is ten six pm this chews day first the news feed today the death toll from the civil war in the central african nation of south sudan has reached almost four hundred thousand that was revealed in a damning new report that says the number of people killed is almost eight times higher than previously thought the shocking figures are a long way than from the hope that surrounded the country's declaration of independence in twenty eleven u.s. but there was quick to support africa's newest nation but the question is how long did that help continue caleb maupin reports. 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 the new it now. stray sion 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 u.s. 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 it would appear that petty politics between the chinese and the us in terms of the respective influences on those countries meant that for now at least the world seems to have forgotten

about the sudan crisis some stuff forgotten about displacement of people women and children under spent of children across the nation and it is very much an impoverished states and i'm not cause 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 the blind. emeritus of an italian town known for its pro migrant stance has been arrested for allegedly helping immigrants illegally obtain the right to remain in the country and correspondent peter all of a pix of the story dominique a latino is the mayor of the small town of reaction so than it's really now he came to prominence after he well opened up his town to refugees and migrants taken as many as five hundred into the town of just eighteen hundred for this. he was awarded the the dressed in peace prize and twenty seventeen he was also in twenty

sixteen named as one of the fifty greatest leaders in the world in fact he said that helping refugees in migrants was his calling i have a strong mission to understand the difficulties people face who arrive here and i have to say that those people who have arrived are probably a product of the unfair world well he's now found himself the target of the. day they are the italian government's federal law enforcement authority when it comes to financial crimes and they've charged him with a number of well of offenses he's charged with having sorted out sham marriages for refugees in migrants with citizens of his village in order to allow people to stay he's also accused of not to tearing to the procedure is the correct procedures when it comes to handing out routes and contracts for garbage disposal now italy stance when it comes to refugees and migrants has changed in recent times they've

moved away from the policies of the center right government that was operated under mentor renzi and the new coalition government certainly has picked up a populist and more well m t migrant view this coalition between the five star movement and the league headed up by the prime minister giuseppe can't take they've really changed tack in put forward a far more well stronger view and stronger politics when it comes to refugees and migrants from italy than we've seen in the past. in the u.k. a probably conservative party politicians under fire after he made a joking reference to libya jacob riis called the african state the people's republic of germany jaro something as he put it at the conservative parties and your conference. group working. with.

this is quite a bizarre comment to be heard from a well known politician referencing another nation this was indeed a hard line breaks a tear in tory m.p. jacob green's mall 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 jamahiriya 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 boris johnson have the same job if you teach or at eton college maybe now is the time to learn some respect for other countries little englander jacob riis malk shows his disdain for the rest of the world this tawdry tory government has had its time bush it deserves better than this inward

looking bunch of unworldly has been and never worse this sort of remark is becoming too common from the bracks it is coming as it does in the wake of boris's recent jibes insulting other people is not the way i want my country represented and the public see it for what it is petty politics the reason those boris johnson burka jibes and boris johnson in general get mentioned in a few of those reactions is because a former u.k. foreign secretary has. himself come under fire on many occasions for quite controversial comments with the burkas he had to 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 and the destiny of libya as a nation and abroad. believes this kind of language can be heard all through

british politics and society. politician she was. because actually. the military is kind of. false accusation. was. being. called the i know this is the problem. with this issue so we should actually have on. our way out what is going to. leave all the cost of. human rights. u.s. ambassador to nato has threatened russia with preemptive engagement over some of its missiles the official claims washington could strike to take them out. as

they're in breach of a cold war era treaty the counter measures would be to take out the missiles that are in development by russia in violation of the treaty first more on this new process so breaking story what's behind the pretty bold and let's face it aggressive statement here what is essentially a warning from moscow the u.s. envoy to nato kay bailey hutchinson has said if russia does not put a stop to its covert development of a band cruise missile system then the u.s. will seek to destroy it before it's operational the u.s. believes that russia is working on a ground launch system that would have the ability to launch a nuclear strike on europe on short notice now the development of such a system would be in breach of a cold war treaty this is the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty it's an historic accord it was signed by president reagan and macao gorbachev in one nine hundred eighty seven it was a crucial step in bringing an end to the cold war now while i'm back. the

hutchinson said that the u.s. favors a diplomatic solution should any situation arise she also added that america is not against moving forward with developments not allowed by the treaty right now we can hear more of what you had to say. getting them to withdraw would be our choice of course but i think the question was what would you do if this continues to a point where we know that they're capable of delivering and at that point we would then be looking at a capability to take out a missile that could hit any of our countries in europe and hit america in alaska now the russian ministry has yet to respond to these latest comments but it's not the first times that accusations have been made and moscow has consistently denied any such violations meanwhile nato secretary-general un stoltenberg has also weighed in he's spoken of concerns for what he calls russia's lack of respect for its international commitments but such finger pointing we should point out is nothing new when it comes to violations of this treaty reports in the telegraph

almost a year ago claim that the u.s. has already developing its own ground based cruise missiles are in breach of the historic accord. thanks for the up though. troubles fulfillment of his campaign promises new trade deal between america canada or mexico but the other moment of a landmark agreement was overshadowed by those ongoing sexual misconduct allegations against the u.s. president's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and it also added fuel to trump's ongoing standoff with the media truly historic good 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 we can mr president you said that it's incorrect to say you are limiting the scope of the f.b.i.

investigation what does that have to do is read i don't mind answering the question but you know like i'd like to do the trade has to do with the other headline in the news which is the kind of what i know but how about talking about trade and then we'll get to that you have a question a drag will you want to get more questions later and several questions here just to that's not just for the subject 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 trade she's shocked that a picture. like the state of. i'm not thinking about something i know you think you never do it was trumps 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 terms 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 the problems with nafta as 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 harassed. some have even said the trumps moment was stolen 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 and washington correspondent the coming up a lot more get a story for at least the next ten fifteen minutes or so after the break it's been a tumultuous four day those again for the capital of catalonia one year on from the independence referendum that spot that huge political crisis in spain we got new video in and more reaction after this quick break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going from day shouldn't let it be an arms race is also an experience dramatic development that only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. shows seem wrong why don't we just don't call. me. yet to shape out just days after. and in detroit because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

hello again frustration to violence in barcelona on monday over thirty police officers been injured as pro independence activists were marking year now since that big unofficial referendum in catalonia to break away from spain it was eventually caused by madrid pretty quickly. was. was. was. i was. the spanish prime minister's accused catalonia as leader of encouraging radicals nearly two hundred thousand people gathered in barcelona tear gas and rubber bullets were used to

disperse crowds that rallied in front of the campaign is going spanish flags and chanting pro separatists slogans earlier in the day activists also blocked major roads willing to cross route what was that she said. is an interesting story next in from the u.k. an unprecedented court case in fact that could see historic changes to the rights of chance transgender parents in the country and if successful it could mean a biological mother may no longer be required on british birth certificates but wanting a backup at the center of the legal battle is a single parent who became pregnant but since childbirth has been legally registered as a male and is on the go on surgery for it now he wants to be identified as the quote father or parent and says that not being allowed to do so violates his human right to privacy and family life english law although this is the twisty est. he must appear on the difficult as the biological mother and as well on an admin level

it's also preventing him from receiving welfare and state benefits among other things now well this we think is a pretty unique case in england since twenty sixteen the u.s. state of california has given parents the choice to pick between mother father or simply parent according to personal preference we got the views of political commentator david vance n l g b t q campaign a potential the question this case raises is who should be on the birth certificate shouldn't necessarily be 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's 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 the 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 on a bi 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 the psychological damage that this would impact that child you know 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 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 some trans men in a similar situation have given birth and they have very accepted that they should be named as them are so this case is unique and is different but i think the number of instances that will be involved in a similar circumstance is so so tiny we should not get our heads up about us and we should just make the accommodation but i catered. it peter peter the law is not best on on on 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 . germany has reportedly approved new arms exports to say the arabia worth almost three hundred million dollars if confirmed it would go against a german coalition agreement than to stop weapons being sold to countries involved in the yemen conflict however agreements that were already in place before england merkel form the current government in berlin can continue is the twist that catch well as our reports there's no shortage of countries it seems willing to send weapons to riyadh. innocent 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 the pulling humanitarian situation in yemen and 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 can leak spilled the beans on the trial and the contract numbers the contract with the government of the us was

concluded on 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 in which 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. head there are the interests of. arms manufacturers and of course lawyers be in the united states something like sixty to seventy percent of the arms in saudi arabia. but the english the french the germans the region's historically saul and now they're going to economic interests the current leadership of saudi arabia feels empowered in a more they're back in the u.s. you. on monday the saudi led coalition admitted mistakes in it strikes on yemen

which have left more than ten thousand civilians dead the u.n. criticized riyadh for that saying that it seems almost held responsible for the erroneous airstrikes international bodies also describe the situation in yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis with more than twenty million people in dire need of aid right now. sobering note that the bulletin for this twenty seven minutes past six o'clock here in moscow it's the way the news is panning out always so much more course at r.t. dot com us site here in moscow is kevin owen saying thanks for watching r.t. . please.

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