what are their options to stay in the country with donald trump in the white house . travels. to the. us if it's normal to have any troubles. here which at the push the political battles all of you out there to argue with me about. the biggest fight in the u.f.c. history sees rush's head be gone madoff retain his title against ireland's quantum of regular but the bout ends in chaos and a mass brawl we report from the beach home town. to. go out. with angry protest sign disruptions of the confirmation vote brett kavanaugh is sworn in as a us two freed court justices they buried deep divisions not only within the senate

but the whole country. confirmation is a low moment for the senate. for the court. for the country exceptionally qualified to judge. and among the week's top stories the west takes out of russia's g.r.u. military intelligence service exposing an alleged campaign of global fine for attack. a very warm welcome you watching the weekly here on r.t. international great to have you with us our top story russia's undefeated and they fight ahead gone mad dog has defended his u.f.c. lightweight title beating islands call them or gregor but the event was marred by a mass brawl at the end r.t. sport correspondent. reports from the russian champs hometown.

absolute seats in my house yet the superdome sitting in a lot of these guys says happy not going to get it is still the champion of u.s.c. and these people are going absolutely bonkers right on that but. it's important to know that most of these legal things appear to underline the divide in the country. when the history of the senate is written. this chapter will be a flashing grade warning light of what to avoid. such kavanagh's confirmation is a low moment for the senate. but the core. of the country. i just. don't see how we can put somebody on the supreme court. thinks that the

president is about the up to very least you should expect a nominee for how. can. i do not believe judge kavanaugh has met the standard he puts his thumb on the scales of justice in all ways where the fires towards corporate interests i knew him as an honest and dedicated public servant i was proud to be in the white house as president announced the nomination of this exceptionally mollified. i do not see an open mind i do not see fairness i see a partisan ideologues who will do traditional backflips to rule in favor of large corporations the powerful and the elite confirming greg allen off to the supreme court before the road and undermine the court's legitimacy and continue to diminish the american people's trust in it. on our.

side. police arrested more than one hundred fifty demonstrators on the steps of the u.s. capitol in washington on saturday some protesters continually stormed the voting by shouting for the senate gallery and the chair u.s. vice president mike pence one order over a dozen times. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. and sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. will restore order in the gallery. trump powers denounced how democrats conducted themselves by likening bad actions to mob rule my colleague mayor harvey discussed

the issue with scottie nell hughes r.t. america's evening news host she thinks commoners confirmation highlights the deep split in america ahead of november's midterm elections. braver to pull back and say no facts matter we actually need to see what we have hard evidence on that might hurt long term the women's movement here in the united states as many women were supporting the supporting the accuser just because they felt like accusers had not been heard recently in the united states this is one year to the day of the need to movement happening on the other hand in the end people as needed to make sure there was evidence and i think that's the reason why you saw so many g.o.p. senators who were might have been wavering actually go on and push the confirmation through do you think we can equate support for trumps my support for trump and self they're going to try to whether that's true or not it's up to everybody i don't think this issue has won people over to cross over the lines and either before or

against president trump it just shows how deeply divided america is right now and that's very interesting four weeks out from a midterm election for president trump everything right now is for or against president trump there's no sort of i like him but i don't support policies it is truly a very partisan divided country and unfortunately as has come out recently a lot of the issues that came out this over the kavanaugh has been because of the media and the dishonest media here in the united states that we're showing on both sides putting out allegations that kind of show they had more of an agenda than just reporting the facts. under the disputes of a cabin that has left the us basically divided some have been finding a way to make the best of it. the cream court nominee brett kavanaugh right kavanagh counting on your next dr christine logic board who uses cavanagh's sexually assaulting her when the two were both and i i i. i i are guilty of

and i think this cloud of accusations is its own purpose even though normal rational people would say well why would they be saying these things unless they had some purpose in mind i think by throwing out individual names for example this sort of concretized is that somehow it makes it look like there really is evidence behind how hard is it for western intelligence services to get the names and job descriptions of various officials of the g.r.u. or any other government agency so i think that's what they're doing but it makes it sound like there's something behind it we may not know the whole truth which saw it is hiding something but it's image narrative which is important and the russians you know you bogeyman is becoming firmly embedded it's in public mindset. and it's not just about alleged malign activities by russian secret services moskos trolls have apparently now turned their sights on hollywood and particularly the star wars

franchise any of the trying to explain. 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 means brawls bartz well surely there is something still sacred in western culture off limits to the russians. oh no the kremlin folks even got their hands on star wars russian trolls weaponized star wars criticism as an instrument of information warfare with the purpose of pushing for political change this was from a real study by a brave jed i scholar i mean who claims there has been a force that was fired it took years of war the deaths of over one hundred thousand

people and the nato bombing campaign. in the process bosnia and herzegovina declared independence in one thousand nine hundred five much of the new country visions lingered on gave rise to this side of the political system. split into two autonomous regions as the larger federation of bosniaks cruets then what's known as the serb republic each entity has its own government parliament and police have been looking this case is a central government with a national parliament the rotating presidency you see there isn't just one head of state there are three. three. each of this it has its own elected president the trio fixed to make one head of state they will take what is known as the root chap i told you it was complex. for us.

shalom boy for afghanistan's army that is on a visit to the middle east in a bid to quote bring the taliban to the negotiating table however they don't seem especially willing to accept the offer r.t. was granted access to a taliban commander and asked him about the proposal. what the americans never want to cooperate with the taliban and the taliban has never asked the americans again to cooperate against islamic state the americans are bombing us while we fight. the latest suggestion of direct talks between the taliban and washington came from the u.s. state department's last friday. this is ministration has made it clear that it is prepared to engage with and participate in the go with both the taliban and the afghan government and if the leadership of the taliban doesn't want to negotiate with the americans there's never wanted this and the leadership of the taliban never gave permission to any member to negotiate on their behalf u.s.

defense secretary james mattis had a meet and greet with the afghan president in kabul they finally decided to play nice in a bid to get the taliban down to talks but just one day before their words of peace washington dropped a big f. thirty five b. bomb on the taliban looks like the peace process is getting off on the right foot especially when the u.s. has for years led up to this moment promising both talk and terror i want to reinforce to the taliban that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement to the taliban when their choices are to reconcile living a relevance for the have the taliban willing to come to the negotiating table there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish so it's no surprise the taliban is reluctant to

trust promises of peace and why would they seek it anyway in the past several months the taliban has made substantial territorial gains their spring offensive took coalition forces completely off guard seizing regions all over afghanistan over one hundred soldiers and police officers were killed in just one week of the offensive and that's not even counting last week's u.n. report covering civilian casualties in battles between the coalition and taliban forces. and as you know. some. of them. are. going to to go. you know. that with you know. america's two thousand and one invasion of afghanistan hoped to oust the taliban from power but what materialized it was

a seventeen year long war the longest conflict in u.s. history and now fast approaching are monumental peace talks to be held in moscow between the taliban and the afghan government we can confirm but we will turn the moscow conference we're waiting for a date and then agenda then we will decide what can be achieved from the conference if successful these talks could mark a step forward in a conflict that currently has no end in sight donald quarter r.t. . scottish national party leader nicholas sturgeon has revealed she will announce her plans over a fresh independence vote as soon as to reason may finally figure out a break that deal with the e.u. . but that anybody likes it or not the future in your key relationship is the context in which scotland would decide that question of independence could be later this month it could be november it could be december but that's what i mean just to

be crystal clear at the end of this fees of negotiations and september poll suggests if breaks it goes as planned small scots now back independence than to stay part of the u.k. it comes amid growing concerns over the braggs it terms and where that would lead scotland may insisted that now is not the time to discuss another independence vote as the focus should be on working together on the breakthrough talks over one hundred thousand pro independence protesters hit the streets of the scottish capital on saturday demanding a fresh vote demonstrators called on leaders to set a date for a new referendum after the previous vote narrowly back to stay part of the u.k. jonathan shafi from the radical independence campaign told us the momentum is now with those who want to split from london. i mean very close and probably our own the fifty fifty mark however clearly the momentum is with those who support independence and the huge demonstrations but hundred fifty thousand people who took

part shows what caned of activist base there exists to promote the cause of independence in the country if scotland votes to demean and save the e.u. and britain for example ends up with a new deal scenario then there must be a definite in them because that would lead to say probably the deepest constitutional crisis in modern history and therefore there's a real want to use i think on the tory government to and somewhere jess this question they're not doing that they're not going to do that and therefore the pressure is going to build at least scottish and the in the scottish question. right wing candidate. has taken the lead in the first round of brazil's presidential election with ninety seven percent of the vote counted. but. the. thousands of supporters gathered outside of boston are as house to celebrate the result however the front runner failed to secure the presidency outright as he

fell short of the required fifty percent of the vote he will face off with fernando had down to the left wing workers' party candidates at the end of october both in our house frequently raised eyebrows due to his closure of low show requests for. joy at the latest. just curious. started you you thought go we'll go see most now says what everybody wants to say the does not have the courage to say that's why i'm voting for. number damon who i believe what he says and he's an honest person he's proud to also think you know he's made it this far because he is not corrupt he's like family because he is ethical he is our only hope both nora's rough and tumble remarks have exposed down deepens divisions and brazilian society ahead of the elections thousands protested

his candidacy in cities across the country. well those are the headlines here on r.t. international will be back with the latest at the top of the hour. unfortunately the united nations security council and its approach to yemen is only to this into the spaceship in boise for the month or two months and then the percentage would weeks. i mean the minute to present its. the security council would make these statements which are always if you do. you know world's big partners through laws and conspiracies it's time to wake up

to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. pull in the welcome to worlds apart women's rights have long been

a bargaining chip for all titians but perhaps nowhere with such devastating consequences as in iraq half a century after the constitution granted the iraqi women equal rights they face increasing pressure on how to dress what to do with their lives and when to marry their daughters off as the effort to democratize iraq resulted in the further subjugation of its women well to discuss that i'm now joined by hama at war a prominent iraqi human rights activist and founder of the amal association madame ad words good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. thank you now first of all let me ask you about the latest political development in your country five months after the national elections the major political factions have finally managed to agree on the three main posts in the country is that a positive development as far as you're concerned. oh yes thank you you know we were waiting for this election on we have seen that.