i didn't think it was that. i believe puffed up ok. un's highest court orders the u.s. to drop iran sanctions on humanitarian aid but washington calling the ruling. will take a look at washington's problematic relations with international bodies. also this hour the british prime minister attempts to mounting pressure as the reason may gets a letter of no confidence from her own party members just moments before giving a key speech. china's rising star eclipses the u.s. people trust. less than some leaders that's according to new data from a washington based think tank. and russian mobile is apparently light

years ahead with trolls now blamed for critics not getting behind the new film the last. five pm here in moscow thanks for joining us live on r.t. international hawkins' rather you are welcome to the program. top headlines today the u.s. has slammed the international court of justice ruling on iran sanctions that comes just hours after the un's highest court ordered washington to lift some of its sanctions on tehran humanitarian aid aviation live to charlotte devinsky for more on that development charlotte washington put its foot down that's the spy at the international court ruling some sanctions are illegal what's the latest.

well some incredibly strong words coming out from the usa in regards to this ruling on wednesday by the international cool. of justice as you mentioned the highest ranking u.n. court that it is the usa describing its ruling today is being on a meritless case this is the case by iran back in july on the sanctions imposed on the country by the u.s. administration the donald trump administration back in may of this year we've also had some reaction from the u.s. ambassador to the netherlands where the i.c.j. is based this is what he had to say. which is a merit list case over which the court has no jurisdiction even so it is worth noting that the court declined today to grant the sweeping measures requested by iran instead the court issued a narrow decision on a very limited range of sectors. well of course it's not the first time that the

united states has had some difficult relationships with international bodies and indeed the international courts if we go back to just june of this year the u.s. withdrew from the u.n. human rights council describing it at the time as being a cesspool of political bias now in september of this year is it just a month ago i don't actually slammed the international criminal court this was over alleged attempts that it might pursue americans over allegations of crimes in afghanistan saying that they would threaten and attack it if that happened and now of course we've got this slamming of this latest judgment by the international court of justice over these a rainy and sanctions well as i mentioned donald trump slammed just last month the international criminal court. and threats. thrown about

and this is what he had to say last month. as far as america is concerned has no jurisdiction no legitimacy and no authority. play near universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country. violating all principles of justice fairness and due process. well let's have a look at that judgement today that's come from the international court of justice all men state well they were asked to rule on a number of sanctions that were imposed on iran by the u.s. don't trumpet ministration back in may of this year now international court of justice has decided today that some of those sanctions must be lifted these are sanctions over relation to things such as medicines and medical aids also some food stuffs that go to the country as well as speier parts and associated services for

the civil aviation authority said essentially parts of planes to ensure that aviation moves safely in the country the i.c.j. also said that the u.s. had violated terms of the nine hundred fifty five treaty of amity between the two countries this was a treaty that was signed at the time of closer relationships and was meant to develop economic and consular ties between the two countries now these sanctions are said were imposed in may when donald trump withdrew the usa as a signatory from the iranian nuclear code and that's why iran brought this case to the hague to the i.c.j. iran to iran is very happy with this decision today saying that it proves it is right in the sanctions by the u.s. and not only illegal but they're also cruel in relation to citizens and the people who live in iran this judgment by the i.c.j. is a binding judgment the usa cannot appeal it but it does not seem to want to recognize

that judgment today again perhaps putting the usa in the trumpet ministration seemingly above international law did charlotte the music you there live from paris with the latest all that court ruling backs. so that shot let's go live now to political analyst say it was not a question for more reaction on this thanks for joining us good to have you on the program today. a surprise perhaps to some people expected ruling by others what's your take specifically on the u.s. reaction to this of this courts ruled as the questions the quality of the line is poor actually but with regard to this court ruling i need to say to some may see it as a success a crucial success. in you know all the island with the illegals moved that's the sanctions that has been you know a policy on the way for quite a long time against iran and now it happens to be the same policy against other

united states rivals and foes but i do agree that. it's success partially actually but not a major one because. this is the least thing that the u.n. should have done the u.n. court is duty bound to put on hold any kind of action that goes on that this you as soon as a complaint is following according to the international rules and regulations and its own rules at the same time and of the u.n. is a major party to the nuclear deal with iran of the u.n. second the general is involved in reporting the i.a.e.a. the u.n. nuclear watchdog is also a party and main party to this deal and the u.n. security council has endorsed this deal so the u.n. shoe to fall you know played a much stronger role in protecting this deal and in polishing the party that is why elated at what the solution that has been announced today if only you know it seems

to be weak and fragile because it only orders the u.s. to halt humanitarian i mean so. actions for humanitarian purposes should be halted also on the sanctions there to harm iran's civil aviation and history should be halted but they've kept silent older there are sanctions against iran and its people therefore i believe it's been good only as a starter but not enough action it's been do you think this means washington will change its course of action towards iran at all or will it go ahead and impose those new sanctions that it's been threatening to do for quite some time. well surely not as a matter of fact your reporter pointed out very properly that the us saw a warrant to lay sanctions idea i.c.c.

as well as a prosecution of its judges would be under way by the u.s. actually because the u.s. believes that it's an exceptional state as president obama stated and he believed in that but president trump is a real manifestation of this the wrong idea that the u.s. is exceptional all of the nations should abide by their rules and regulations except for the united states therefore the u.s. is adamant to do will of the law it has proved to be an irresponsible actor and it's been you know this respecting international treaties rules as well as it remains under president donald trump the situation has been even worse in the mean time sanctions play a pivotal role for the united states current policy against iran to intimidate and pressure iran into negotiations therefore i believe that donald trump and his administration would not abide by the law ok say it must offer caution political

analyst thanks for your take today on that court ruling on the u.s. reaction good to have you on as always. i think you. know the russian president go straight to the point when asked about oil prices as well as all the pressing international issues a lot of putin has been attending a major energy forum in moscow let's cross live to out what he did caution about for all the latest details you know obviously oil the russian economy are pretty closely tied what was the russian president's reaction to that boost in prices for the oil market. well daniel it seems that the russian president is having a very busy wednesday now the first day he had visited an international energy forum which kicked off in moscow earlier this morning where asked about the where

when asked about president trump's alleged attempts to impact global oil prices the russian president gave a very direct answer. it was a good we had a very nice meeting with the american president in helsinki if we had touched on the subject of oil price and influence that i would have told him if you want to find the main culprit for the old trying to talk to them if you just have to take a look in the mirror which it's true geopolitics do play a role in the oil price hikes so that's a fact. the russian president was also asked to comment on the u.s. fracking industry but there are the president made a joke and said that he would rather refrain from any commons or he might face another way for of meddling in other countries affairs now energy was not the only issue that the president touched upon he also gave quite a rare personal comment on the script all case now the president bastard the former

double agent trader and added that the whole keys had been blown out of proportion saying that the sooner the media noise around this crippled case and the better. regarding the script how this spy scandal is being artificially kindled i've seen some media outlets go as far as calling mr script probably human rights activists in france he's just a spy a traitor. he's scum that's all years and the whole information campaign has been launched around in this case i think it will come to an end one day and i hope so and the sooner the better. as i said the president is having a very busy day we're here in st petersburg where the meeting between the russian president and of the austrian chancellor is about to start very soon now their leaders are expected to discuss a number of pressing international issues so we'll see what comes out of that meeting. has made it

a question over there petersburg no doubt we'll get back to you for the latest coming out of that conference that came within. the conservative party conference has wrapped up in the city of birmingham the spite speeches of unity the prime minister's position is under further scrutiny from her party just moments before the reason why it was you to give her closing speech she was dealt yet another blow with a letter of no confidence was apparently dampened spirits. certainly a curious political times here in the u.k. as we speak and this annual conservative party conference has wrapped up to quite a bit of drama despite british prime minister theresa may putting up a show of keeping up appearances including with that quirky dance to dancing queen

despite a speech that was really seen as make or break for her because of course much of the speech was dedicated to her. to me trying to show that she has things under control especially when it comes to bracks it having essentially now standing at a point of a potential no deal praxis having so no lots of division inside the u.k. and of course essentially having created basically a civil war inside her own country may was trying to show that she can still fix things however before her speech she was dealt quite a shock blow when a letter of no confidence had been sent by a tory m.p. going public with him essentially calling for her to go let's see what that letter said that comes a point the loyalty is not the right way forward we need a strong leader someone who believes and brags that and some want to delay but will the electorate voted for the prime minister seems incapable of doing this well

fifteen percent of tory m.p.'s or forty people would have to send in similar letters for any such thing to be considered however this still of course added fuel to the fire especially given that earlier we saw to reserve maize a former defiant foreign secretary boris johnson take to the stage as well and essentially trashing her approach to bracks it's amidst standing ovations and earlier in september a leaked tory party memo had suggested that theresa may would be forced to step down as soon as may twenty ninth and even provided a list of possible contenders so what with all of this discontent going on inside her own party at these uncertain times about how things will move forward there's a big question of whether or not it's really the time for humorous down says what good it to gerald i mean for the u.k. independence party you think the reason why these words mean action. i listen to

the streets to die and it's what she does best really which is a lot of rhetoric find words which don't really amount to anything certainly don't translate into actions i think she's going to carry on on the same course which is to in effect completely ineffectually negotiate with the she was a remainer up until the day of the referendum and then after the referendum she gets intrusted with the most important job in british politics for the last two generations which is to get us out of the e.u. so why would you believe anything she says you can only judge your own results and so far there haven't been any result she talks about seeking respect from the e.u. that's the other thing well why would they respect you if you're not actually telling them what it is that you intend to do and you keep on asking how do we leave can we have this come have been a good respect somebody like that an operation to bring north and south korea closer together quite literally is underway we've got the latest pictures for you

from the border zone coming up in just a moment after this short break. seems wrong. just don't call. me. yet to say proud disdain become educated and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what politicians do. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected.

so when you want to be president i'm sure. wanted. to go right to be close to supply them before three of them or can't be good. interested in the why. they should. try. to alter international the fuss that was the presidential elections and that alleged assault on american democracy now the russian trolls are up to something even more sinister they fear the galaxy not so far away apparently by tossing hollywood the star wars franchise. hey america they stole your election hey britain they stole your dream of

a united europe democracy will never be the same because of russian memes thralls boughts well surely there is something still sacred in western culture are off limits to the russians. oh no the kremlin folks even got their hands on star wars russian trolls weaponized style was criticism as an instrument for information warfare with the purpose of pushing for political change this was from a real study by a brave jet i call or i mean who claims there's been a force that was fighting to make the last jet i fail wow thirty seven pages remember how the movie got booed at when those need fans couldn't forgive the director for spoiler alert killing luke skywalker and forgive him for

going against all the tropes so dearly cherished by the fandom remember how the star wars lovers army even campaign to fund a remake well now you know who did it the sith sorry the russians had a great disturbance in the force as millions of doses suddenly cried out into something besides to prove it the guy behind the research analyzed almost a thousand on line messages for the director and his result was more than half of the hate tweets came from trolls some of them were russian. the director didn't just pay attention he shared the link to the study with his twitter followers looking forward to reading it but what the top line describes is consistent with my experience online well some vans got even more

disgruntled when they said they found their own tweet in the research it was a bad movie highly unlikely that it was a dry run for bots to practice we hated this film too loved rogue one but were totally underwhelmed by the last job done so much so that my oldest questioned if it is worth going to the cinema to see any more disney star was solid did nothing to make me change my mind. marco. it wasn't disney not even the director it was the damn room skis. and other headlines donald trump has hinted that the saudi monarch wouldn't last two weeks if it wasn't for the u.s. military the u.s. president made that fiery assessment at a campaign rally in the u.s. state of mississippi but want to give any specifics about a conversation he had with the saudi king which he referenced in his speech. we

project should be arabia would you say the rich. and i love the king solomon but i said. we're protecting you you might not be there for two weeks without you have to pay for you've been with. us correspondent joins me now samir thanks for joining us so we were able to delve deeper into that comment from president trump what exactly he meant by that. well we can guess but considering the arms deals and pulling out of the iran deal it's clear that the u.s. considers saudi arabia to be a major ally and if you remember about a year ago trumps a first foreign trip was to saudi arabia but trump's latest remarks show that there could be a growing contention between the two tribes been trying to get a saudi arabia and opec to lower gas prices but some have said that this is trump's way of securing his party's control in congress rather than

a genuine concern about high gas prices but the intention hasn't been made clear yet but i wouldn't hold my breath. similar car there with the latest on that donald trump speech. though in a historic move north and south korean soldiers have been removing landmines from need to militarize zone which is a product of the two nations for more than half a century the buffer zone separating north and south runs for two hundred forty eight kilometers and was created at the end of the korean war all back in one nine hundred fifty three it's believed these are some of the first pictures of the operation in action around two million mines are thought to be scattered there between the border fences they're guarded by hundreds of thousands of troops the agreement to clear the mines and destroy guard posts was made last month after the two leaders met in. during that summit going on agreed to demolish its nuclear

facilities and test sites and also accept international inspections the careers agreed to eliminate so-called war dangers and set up a piece on their shared border and the leaders pledged to connect railways and roads between the two countries and also help families who've been divided by the korean war to meet once again and they also pledged to make a joint bid for the twenty third. of their india. in the north east to deal with.

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle america is a house deeply divided and that division only continues the entire brett kavanaugh saga has turned into blood sport demanding each and every one of us pick a side we're in new territory and that place is called winner takes all. cultural wars i'm joined by my guest christopher in washington he's a republican strategist in los angeles we have robert barnes he is a trial lawyer in criminal and constitutional law and in chad going to go we cross to brian joyce he's the host of the brian joyce show all right jim cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it

who gets the go first of all the guy that got up early is for this program that means it's robert. ok it's talk about the brett kavanaugh thing in a much broader cultural and political sense here what does it represent to you because i can i i am even willing to admit my introduction is a bit over the top but i'm trying to make a point here because it does seem like we're in an era an epoch where one wins one loses and that is not part of the american tradition go ahead robert. no doubt we have these evidentiary standards and due process standards and legal standards that we've created over hundreds of years in the united states and basically all of them are being scratched and scrapped overnight and what's happening is we're in a you know i'm just waiting for when the next nominee comes up they said well when he was in kindergarden he pulled susie's hair so i mean it's getting to that kind of place where we're going back twenty years thirty years forty years we're going back to disputed events of what happened at a party on a particular night and when we get to that place then at some point we're no longer

in a place where truth matters we're no longer a place where justice matters and where the me two era has gotten has gone so far out of reach that it's no longer about justice or fairness it's solely about power and it is about just who wins and who loses ok brian the criticism.