that's why the expected arms deal is such a bold move for india dawn of reporting from new delhi the. us national security advisor john bolton has announced a america is pulling out of an optional protocol to the vienna convention a move that could prevent the u.s. from being sued at the international court of justice it becomes the latest in a line of international judicial commitments washington's withdrawing from just this year the united states will withdraw from the optional protocol in dispute resolution to the vienna convention on diplomatic relations the united states is officially withdrawing from the un human rights council we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. baseless politicized claims are brought against us hypocritical bodies and institution i'm just prosecution by this illegitimate court the council ceases to

be worthy of its name we will commence a review of all international agreements that may still expose the united states to purported binding jurisdiction dispute resolution in the international court of justice are to use america takes a closer look at the reasons behind washington's decision to quit this part of the vienna convention national security adviser john bolton tried to justify the withdrawal by portraying the provision as a violation of u.s. sovereignty citing a case brought on by palestine protesting the decision to move the u.s. embassy from tel of moves to jerusalem earlier pompei announced to the world the u.s. was leaving a friendship treaty with iran that established diplomatic ties with the country back in one nine hundred fifty five it was apparently a response to the international court of justice ruling that ordered washington to lift iranian sanctions on humanitarian goods which pompei are described as iranian propaganda. right as a term to interfere with the sovereign rights of the united states to take

a lawful actions necessary to protect our national security. and iran is abusing the i.c.j. for political and propaganda purposes this leaves one question how will the u.s. or any western country be kept in check without an effective international governing body it looks like this will revive a some of those discussions as you just heard samir mention earlier on wednesday the un international court of justice ordered the u.s. to partially lift its sanctions on iran which were imposed and may in july terrine filed a lawsuit against washington d.c. demanding a drop sanctions and compensate them for the damage costs the uranium economy artis replay video agency asked people in tehran what they think about the international court's ruling exporting going on in the world knows that the u.s. is wiling to build war they don't have the all know their own words they signed the nuclear deal and now they've changed their mind even those that have problems with our country accepted that this act is

a legal donald trump it's crazy really crazy what is the same when he doesn't understand what his same. officials and even civilians say we should stand up against america's excessive. this ruling will not please mr trump and his friends and we will see their reaction but it will be futile because at that in the us acted against human rights the he grew and is completely sound food medicine thirty was old go towards people slowly hoods they should never have to leave the. earlier we got reaction to the latest u.s. moves from political experts this is the another example of the united states talking about the rules based democratic order and expecting everyone else to follow it but when it comes time for the united states to follow what you know they just simply change the rules and i'm certainly not a fan of the united states being governed by world bodies and accountable world bodies but the issue with the with the palestine issue and also with the iran issue is that. and the iran specifically you know we signed this agreement in one hundred

fifty five agreed to be adjudicated by the international court of justice and then when they rule against united states we say ok we're going to take our toys and go home it doesn't look good it sets a bad precedent in it also makes the united states look look look like someone you can't do business with overseas the u.s. warrant to lay sanctions i the i.c.c. as well as a prosecution of its judges would be on the way by the u.s. actually because the u.s. believes that it's an exceptional state president trump is a real manifestation of this wrong idea that the u.s. is exceptional all other nations should abide by the rules and regulations except for the united states so therefore the u.s. is adamant to the rule of the law it was proved to be an irresponsible act or. after examining documents from an f.b.i. investigation the white house has reportedly found nothing to support the sexual misconduct allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh but ask me

around the scandal intensifies questions have been raised about republican senators being put under pressure by protesters teleporter takes a closer look since brett kavanaugh is controversial supreme court nomination we've seen a number of political confrontations in the u.s. by concerned citizens who have been looking to give their elected representatives and earful something. mr mcconnell you know. what. i believe there's a lot because you've got something like that was the senator majority leader mitch mcconnell after his call for the senate to vote on cavanagh asap he was a likely target for enraged activists take another republican senator jeff flake who was ambushed in an elevator i let you know not. don't leave me i didn't tell anyone and you're telling all the things that they don't matter what you want to

talk to you don't tell me that my husband doesn't matter. to me i don't think either you're the only. thing. pretty awkward elevator moment there's also republican senator david purdue who ran for the restroom after he was confronted with the asian games project we're turning to how can you not talk to women who have been assaulted how can you ignore our pleas the thing is though these are not random incidents they were all organized by the very same angio the so-called center for popular democracy and its sister organization and harassing politicians isn't the only thing in their arsenal they've also organized a number of mass protests. that protest alone resulted in over one hundred arrests but liberal organizations

aren't only taking direct action against their political opponents the man justice engages in similar activism making dramatic political advertisements the nominee to dismantle the u.s. supreme court accusing cavanagh of sexual assault when she tried to scream she said he put his hand over her mouth we can't let breast cancer not decide on our breaks for a generation enough is enough. wondering how they pay for all that well these organizations all have one thing in common they're funded by the controversial billionaire george soros styling himself as a so-called philanthropist soros has given millions to liberal causes around the globe and democrats at home in the us. me. his organization has already given over two million dollars to these ladies alone. and hundreds of thousands more to the fund that helped make anti carbon are

commercials it depends on what the end game here is if the end game is to block a judge well that then maybe not but if the issue here is to spread democracy you know like george soros as money is supposed to do. that might be that might be working out in in their favor i think this is really a trump trump situation unfortunately this isn't about accusations that were made and it's not about the for person is guilty or not of any sort of misbehavior this this really has come down to do we want to see donald trump as a second term president or do we want to see donald trump fail and block any of his policies and initiatives. the united nations relief and works agency which supports palestinian refugees has withdrawn some of its staff from the gaza strip it came

amid safety concerns after protests erupted when the agency scaled back operations in the region we spoke to the head of the u.n. agency in gaza who describes how angry demonstrators surrounded u.n. cars. was. two days ago when i was meeting with some colleagues in hotel here in gaza city because i count meet in my office and when angry demonstrators came and tried to prevent us from leaving that place one car was called next got stuck and was surrounded by angry demonstrators for her and fortunately the situation was resolved peacefully that could have been a very nice teams who did so fortunately so far no one has gotten hurt or directly attacked these protests come after weeks of tensions triggered by the united states decision to cut its funding to the agency known as. as the u.n. r w a it now faces a financial crisis but the u.s.

says other countries should have share the burden more equally. when we made a u.s. contribution of sixty million in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of un r w a's costs that we had assumed for many years washington's withdrawal of funding has also faced a backlash at home one hundred twelve members of the u.s. congress have signed a letter to the secretary of state demanding he reverse the decision they say the move threatens to destabilize the region but the head of the u.n. agency in gaza says funding is just one part of the problem. work would be made easier if they are stable predictable funding arrangements so all the countries that help does this year need to continue this next year and and hopefully we will get more of the problem is not the us and its government the problem is that the

international community including the you is from my perspective speaking on behalf of the refugees not putting enough effort into finding a political solution what is needed is member states working together to bring israel and palestine to the table to have a proper discussion and negotiation about a peaceful solution that is what's needed most still to come in the program francis famous cuisine and it's butchers are under attack to the point where they're calling on the president for help the details on that story and many more after this short break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront ation let it be an arms race based on off and spearing dramatic development only

personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. you know world of big partisan lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. this is. the church secret indeed just like priests accused of sexually

abusing children can get away with it quite literally i like to call this the geographic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest is is a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot where the previous standard is not known the highest ranks of the catholic church conceal the accused priests from the police and justice system to that end though that's known as the end and then i conclude that it is this is out and. it's.

you're watching r t international welcome back to the program animal welfare activism under the banner meat is murder is becoming increasingly militant in france the country is witnessing a spike in attacks on slaughterhouses we spoke to one french butcher who says the windows of his shop were smashed by bigots. the incident happened around three in the morning i came down and saw that the dual had been hit in three places that they also painted the store species it was here on the other medium. is what i thought i took pictures of the police arrived i will show you what you want there is the picture of the damage to. cities and these are the marks on the enemy it is where it says species isms and these are the rocks they use to smash the glass. and his case is one of many and clipping splattering shops selling meat with fake blood setting

slaughterhouses on fire and defacing a butcher shop with graffiti incidents have even prompted worried butchers to send a letter to the french president emanuel mccrone in a bid to prevent more violence. this is a civil war. mr president should workers stick up arms to defend themselves and their businesses. and i believe these people should be punished as one of the large corporations is only a small businesses because the people. why does everybody have to start eating vegetables only because these. everyone has their own preferences and we must respect the choice. meanwhile butter's have already gained some support from officials with the head of the republican party saying two hundred thousand euro in compensation will be paid out to those affected we spoke to animal rights activists on adel who has mixed feelings about the recent wave of incidents. these activists

think that animal rights must be protected similarly to human rights so it's not surprising that the attack slaughter houses and butchers shops if the law authorizes immoral acts they may think what they do is justified in terms of morality anything that may stop the killing of animals for meat is acceptable but i am not sure whether illegal actions are the best way to promote animal rights the question we should ask ourselves is whether it is an effective way to raise awareness about animal suffering and animal rights or if it's a good strategy then we should do it. if you've been following the american media of late you might be forgiven for thinking that deep political division in the country is a relatively recent phenomenon and one that's down essentially to one man only. once the theory has divided america troposphere are trying to play on fears and divide us off the air of donald trump's divide and conquer agenda in.

this their lives to divide our country he's further dividing us and i'm really concerned about whether this could spill over into the streets. however a recent study finds that those deep political divisions in america predate trump by quite some time it looked at the number of bills in congress that were co-sponsored by members from both parties and found that since the seventy's when nixon was in office and divisions were already bad factionalism has only gotten worse while the president has made little difference to that those behind the new study have released a video to illustrate their findings in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's the democrats mostly worked together and the republicans mostly worked together but they still sometimes worked across the aisle to pass the corn legislation here's what it looks like now the democrats and republicans almost never work together earlier we discussed the issue with political scientists horse

cooper who notes the divides are now discussed more openly the idea that america is divided the way that it is because president is in office is just simply not true what we see instead are a number of activist groups that are very disappointed with the election outcome and just as they were frustrated in the year two thousand even just as they were frustrated in one nine hundred seventy two these people on the left side of the political aisle. work with the media to create the impression of disarray that group is better all round for more than fifty years the only difference is now they speak openly it's just a question of how much can the new york times how much can the washington post how

much can the left wing activists and their friends in the media work to create the impression of disarray. lastly this hour a russian hockey teams concern for one of its injured female stars has resulted in something of an own goal after pictures it posted of her sparked a sexism debate the star herself so doesn't see a problem. the to. the to this is so won't go soon from the current changes and they may need to blame her she was complicit but then had in many discussions such as on the question a level i kind of judge her bad issue when you know the damage that she causes the

whole instagram is in the lighting. was. clear. cut. there that they are going to know you came as a great surprise to me that this photo of a normal i'm sorry naked bottom the whole of instagram is packed with photos just like it i can't understand why it has triggered such a response to the whole keep up posted it because they admired my for the bottom the idea was a simple as that thank you. thank you. thank you thank you so much for your attitude doc the very concept of sexism is not appropriate here spots are hard much not a little bit of sexuality to their predominant female t.v.

the exploitation of my sexuality is approved by me people who like themselves often face a public backlash but what's the point of staying fit good looking and spending the most part of my life in the gym if i can display it you know that won't change but right. now the story of a true hero an indonesian air traffic controller sacrificed his life to save others during the earthquake also the way. sea island the man refused to leave an airport control center and instead helped a plane take off to safety. i

heard about the polo earthquake here in memphis are around the month praying time and my wife told of going to one's grandmother directly about what happened and followed his grandmother was worried about his condition and called him all of the family here tried to call ago and many times again has two mobile phone numbers and they both couldn't be reached. we didn't give up trying to call ahead of us and then called his father his father is a very calm person and said that of going might still be on duty so that could be why his mobile phone is off you know maybe after he finishes again we'll call back so we tried to call a going all night but couldn't contact him. and

at that time i called his mother she said that it had died because he jumped from the air traffic control tower she cannot speak anymore she's only crying loudly his mother never thought that one of the victims would be one of our family and told us to going to want to go away. that's a wrap up of the day's top headlines for this hour but you can always head to our website or to dot com and you can also find us on twitter facebook and instagram

for the latest on all those stories and much more thanks for tuning in. quite frankly i think old legitimacy is and have deteriorated and have fragmented and it is extremely important that we have better new digital mysie over a presidency that has the photos that have been people people who have aspirations like freedom indeed to have aspirations like living in dignity and quite frankly to deny them the right to vote with the pretext that oh it's not time it or you don't have bread so you should not be asking for the vote you should vote for people who

will provide the bread and who will provide the services. the way to the united states is dangerous for most of the illegal immigrants. cost you must be a lot of sympathy i want you. and i want the last post on this but many of them look for refuge in the so-called sentries sides of the draft used to share information about undocumented migrants with federal authorities the best person to ask than call mom. was you know no i didn't have my son i get them in a lot of class and they want that. they have. to stay in the country with donald trump in the white house all. the about to be. a fifth of many couples. the push to put impulse response both

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a month. just because of that interview but i'm addicted to sit with your middle class and in the muslims well he's going to win the. cooked additional submersed if so i'm not on what was an ounce of the tickling are some of these it's just a. usual thing is my nose. seem to have seen in my future notional pulls me. look at with a showing of the blue chips going to see is lost when the chance. he's like a pickle ship movie you have the same sort of. boat of shipping. you up and you lost in both the book hit the roof of the bus and you will still lose you know i don't know what the full of. a month it was the latest news in the puss. stuff no worries i'm all

right so yeah i've put this was going to say. lyricists through the summer in the store oh yeah the soulful. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. it's a multinational of a particular kind one you all know some of you may even visit it's present across the globe and on the corner of your street. the catholic church. with its hierarchy. its communication.

and its very darkest secret. at ophelia. in australia seven percent of priests are thought to have sexually abused minors four percent in the united states. we discovered the clergymen found guilty of better feed via are still active often in contact with children. nice to internal documents will reveal how church leaders protect priests accused of sexually abusing minors. by sending them from country to country notably in africa. the investigation into these international exiles took us to cameroon. to argentina. to the united states. to france and to italy. during our travels

we stablish to this unprecedented amount that regarding the transfers of priests involved in cases of pedophilia. deck a man sits in dig. that up with his off by a few that must evolve after it was you and i got into a bang up stakes i mean that and the victims number tens of thousands marked with scars for the rest of their lives. our investigations would lead us all the way to pope francis who revealed how when he was charged. when a series he tried to influence the argentine justice department. to sunday that they didn't feel it was these out in the night and he kept up the last few. investigated the mysteries of the church where on the altar of truth god's law seems to prevail over that of a myth.