a saudi journalist vanishes in turkey with reports he's been tortured and killed inside the saudi consulate riyadh fiercely denies all allegations. also this hour a wake up call for the german chancellor angela merkel as polls predict her main coalition partner of the c.s.u. will see its worst performance in decades and before upcoming elections. and it's seventeen years since the start of the u.s. war in afghanistan and a new u.n. report warns there's been a career think increase and the number of civilian casualties this year.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q and moscow thanks for joining us for your global news update this hour. mystery surrounds the fate of a prominent saudi journalist who's been highly critical of the kingdom's royal family he's been missing for almost a week now after entering a saudi consulate in turkey there's been conflicting reports over what's happened and the world's media has been whipped into a frenzy over the story i'm joined now live in the studio by our to go thank you for joining us what exactly happened. jacqueline well this is one of these stories that could really make your blood boil for almost a week now as you were saying the world is in the dark about the whereabouts of jamal khashoggi who was a saudi journalists investigators. turkey believes that he could have been brutally

tortured and murdered in the saudi consulate in is stamboul these allegations first surfaced in turkish and u.s. media and they are sorry citing and vesta gaiters from turkey who even claim that they had squad made up of fifteen people could have been sent over from the saudi kingdom to complete this mission and is absolutely shocked that something as horrendous as that could have happened on its soil. and. the prosecutor in istanbul is investigating the issue there is both a security investigation and an intelligence one it's the extremists of the new and this incident took place in a country i knew jamal for a long time so i still hold out hope god willing we will not find ourselves in a situation we do not want still hung. on says that they've got nothing to

do with this and they are saying all these claims are absolute lies. an official at the consulate general of the kingdom of saudi arabia in istanbul dismissed a report by reuters which cited turkish officials the saudi citizen jamal khashoggi was killed in the consulate in istanbul he fishel strongly denounced these baseless allegations and expressed his down to that they came from turkish officials they were informed of the investigation or authorized to comment on the issue the saudi kingdom's transparency record when it comes to dealing with the media is quite poor to say the least so in a rare display of transparency they even invited reuters journalists on a tour around the consulate what more can you tell us about the journalist himself while mr jamal as i said is a saudi journalist he lives in the u.s. though and he went to turkey to get a license to get married and we definitely know that he's been to the consulate

twice first time he went there was on september twenty eighth and then the second last tuesday that is when the man disappeared what's very important here is to point out that he was a fierce critic of the saudi government and apparently he had been worried that something bad might happen to him before the visit to the consulate he left his cell phone with his fiance with an instruction on what to do if he doesn't come out of the consulate soon and according to the fiance she had been waiting for four hours till he comes out and when he disappeared she decided to call turkish police saudi officials are saying that his visit to the consulate was actually very short and they believe he disappeared after he left the building they're looking for him as well but as any other diplomatic premises the consulate is dotted with security cameras all over the place neither side though for now has released the video of

the journalists fiance is saying that she's accompanied the man to the cons. and she also is hoping that he hadn't been killed but rather has been kidnapped or something like that so we have accusations and denials coming from turkey and the saudis what sort of international reaction have we seen or first of all the media is in a friend who looks set to lose significant ground for the first time in decades the c.s.u. is projected to garner less than forty percent of the vote the greens are predicted to double their seats in the bar in parliament all right wingers the f.t. are set to make their debut and as our tease peter of arks explains this could have serious ramifications for the balance of power in berlin. this coming sunday on google merkel's coalition partners and sister party the c s u a preparing for a monumental upset in bavaria in state elections they're currently polling at just

thirty three percent the party has historically ruled the region and hasn't taken less than forty percent in local elections since the nineteen fifties the blame for the c.s.u. being down in the doldrums has been firmly placed mrs merkel's door these are all numbers that are heavily influenced by burl in politics i do not want to burn situation in the bavarian state parliament internal disputes hurt no matter what causes them i admit that things can get better in berlin but if you let your own personal ambition take over it becomes impossible to govern the c.s.u. of being hey merging votes to the left i'm to the right of the political spectrum the green party looks set to make some big gains while the m t migrant alternative for germany party look almost nailed on to into the bavarian parliament for the first time this year is out of touch with the citizens of bavaria and the lot of people from the c.s.u. based thing similar to the way we do in the a.v.

so many former c.s.u. voters have come over to us the world is changing but our is changing. but the c.s.u. reacts with the same ideas people want different answers the bavarian prime minister has been doing his best to distance himself and his party at a state level for the federal government going as far as to crack a little bit the only chance he would be seen outcome painting with would be said busty and cooked with austria. it took until the merkel six months to cobble together the current ruling coalition they've only been in power since march but in that time they seem to have lurched from crisis to crisis so yes you will have to find a partner or

a colleague. and it's most likely that this will be the green party because that great coalition because we see as you will not work they will not score enough but you can see that this yes you have no real issues with me on the promises are delivered cokes and people are just fed up of voting always for your suit which has a very conservative profile in their political discourse but in the end they turned out to do just the same as more and more left leaning c.d.u. angela merkel the party will most likely hold on to its majority vote bookies are taking bets on just how much it will be a row did and it could well be historic peace for all of us. a new u.n. report notes an appalling increase in the number of civilian casualties in afghanistan victims from bombings using improvised explosive devices or i e d's

have risen twenty one percent in the last year the us from suicide attacks are even worse up forty six percent the report shows the story of a teenager injured in one such attack. i was taking part in a cricket match at the time after the game some of the guests were to give speeches but before those got underway i heard an explosion and source smoke i saw my blood and realize i'd been injured i started running there was a second explosion and i fell to the ground and lost consciousness it's inhuman to attack players at a game it's seventeen years since the start of the us invasion of afghanistan despite the war the taliban has only increased its influence and now controls almost half of the country the director of the u.k.'s crisis research institute says washington doesn't want to admit defeat and a failed invasion. well we're seeing the radicalization of afghanistan on almost the syrian model if you like ironically as the civil war in syria has wound there's

been an increase in bars in afghanistan and it's probably the most violent of these conflicts in the world at the moment the use of these kinds of attacks is way both spectacular it's also very unsettling because what it does it shows that the afghan government and its allies the americans and british and so on can't really control the situations of britain and america from afghanistan recently through syria and libya and should have shown we're very good at destroying things smashing up our homes but we don't we don't do reconstruction any more just look at the fate of mosul in iraq or rock or in syria that are divided councils in washington i think probably trump would like to disengage from any of these wars which are costly both money and men for the americans and not particularly successful on the other hand the pentagon doesn't want to admit defeat and the taliban of course sensing that perhaps it's getting close to the victory on its turfs doesn't feel the need to talk to the americans but the taliban also may feel that talking to russia talking to the neighbors or afghanistan in moscow will help to create a situation. a post-war settlement in afghanistan will be acceptable to the

neighbors. over the weekend russian mixed martial arts fighter oh my god member of retained his title against arlen's car mcgregor but his victory was marred by scandal. one of the most eagerly anticipated contests in the ultimate fighting championship history called mcgregor has returned to the u.s. he has been overshadowed by an ugly post fight brawl loudly brawl broke out following the u.f.c. championship match in las vegas the post fight punch up over didn't stop thousands of fans from celebrating in his hometown and many said the violence was about standing up for the mark of me others country and religion which were marked by mcgregor. not only fails but sporting heavyweights as well. no tourists in memory vs team should be for it's unimaginable never thought it would go down like this crazy or the my fight riots you know it's bad when mike

tyson himself the guy that bit his opponent's ear off expresses shock and it was a free for all vengeful brutal star store room fueled mosh pit where knuckles did the talking and a great cliffhanger to set up for a rematch unfortunately it was also incredibly stupid it put people audience members in danger it was also entirely unnecessary i want to say sorry to utter to commission never the sort of where i guess i know this is not my best side and all this is not my best you know i'm here my been he talked about my religion he talk about my country he talk about my father he is where we are now and bieber jumped out of the cage first went for conan's coach who had been goading him for that his pay has been suspended and more penalties could be coming

elimination even a number of his teammates who were also arrested for assault but released when coolness corner refused to press charges seems black and white had beebs guilty except thank goodness for phone cameras. owner was not so innocent either apparently diving into the milling and sell the ring punches it was of have be seen him in have been the first to take a swing which would certainly put a twist and things and the press has picked up on that which would explain why donna white the head of the. you have see his tune down his criticism of bieber's corner initially he dressed down had bieber even refusing to give him his title

belt bearing in mind that things could escalate but then now quiet a full investigation is underway and thousands audience members have been asked to hand over their videos so the commission can reconstruct this whole mess see just how culpable both sides are and fans of following the example set by their heroes was. the only they've been a number of reports and footage of rival fans juking it out with each other in the aftermath of this fight but then again what did they expect they both conan and had bieber their teams their fans they cultivated this rivalry this hatred to a level that's out of control but hey colin is offered

a rematch now wouldn't that just sell and i'm a commentator robin black believes it was always mcgregor's game plan to go. when mcgregor tries to go after people and use. words and ideas and and say things that try to elevate the temperature of the opponent he doesn't intentionally with the desire to make them emotional so that perhaps he can take advantage of that emotion this is a byproduct of that because mcgregor is unafraid to go to the dark places he'll say things about family you'll say things about country will say things about about it even make reference to religion he's not afraid to do any of those things but once you open that box once you start to open that box and you go into some of those those more emotionally triggering powerful things people react and this is an extension of that would be that temperature has raised and it popped still to come a student marching band has sparked outrage after acting out

a scene where doctors told policeman i've been gunpoint that star and more after the short break. but politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to express. something wanted.

to do right. this is what the real people are. interested in the lives of. welcome back to the program a controversial right wing politician dubbed the triumph of the tropics has won the first round of brazil's presidential election by a large margin however. failed to secure the fifty percent needed to avoid a second round runoff his supporters are crying fraud and have taken to the streets and protest. oh.

oh oh oh oh oh. oh. oh. oh i feel pain and anguish because i know we didn't have a truly democratic elections. if there is a second round i would feel frustrated and one hundred percent sure that there was fraud had of the election there were numerous protests against canada see with thousands taking part across the country his brush remarks on women and guns for example have exposed and deepened divisions in brazilian society and frequently provoked shock. joy to the world you. were just going to. use. those of you you thought go your rosy fernando the left wing candidate from the former ruling party which has been

plagued by corruption scandals came second with twenty nine percent versus boston r.'s forty six percent the two will go head to head at the end of the month. a high school marching bands performance in the u.s. state of mississippi has sparked anger of students an act of holding policeman at gunpoint picture show members of forest hills band dressed up as doctors and nurses and armed with toy guns the performance was delivered during a high school football game officials meanwhile have slammed the show. this is unacceptable in a civilized society someone should be held accountable why would any high school marching band ever need free guns had they been performing this routine all year. i'll be making a complaint to the mississippi high school activities association as well as to forest hill and g.p.'s administration how could any administrators think that have

timeshare was appropriate last night forest hills band performed a halftime show at brookhaven high school depicting police officers being held at gun point absolutely disgusting the incident struck a chord with many as it comes less than a week after two local officers were shot dead in the line of duty the head of jackson public schools has issued an apology. the band's performance does not depict the values in people in our community and was incredibly insensitive to the students families law enforcement officials and the entire brookhaven community for this we sincerely apologize to all and we pledge to do better in the future earlier we got reaction to the student's performance from former police officer dominic is zero. i think it's unfortunate that we're not letting kids and juveniles high school students adolescents or not letting them grow law kids are the easiest ones a play off their emotions today's youth is an army for the future to an actor in

them with beliefs that just aren't accurate and we're forcing them where and doc churning them into being us soldiers into either conservative or liberal side and i think this is just the effect of falsified information and emotions that are pouring gasoline on emotions and letting them run while they're mashed that's nations for kids they're being brainwashed they're being set into false that's all the incentive you need oil is in the youth it make the youth work for you i do want them to be more all the caliber of. the syrian war has been indiscriminate when it comes to wreaking devastation on people's lives but one tragic story about a thirteen year old girl from aleppo does have a happy ending. isn't it.

funny my sister and her two children but now it's time to buy some things because it could happen to shalyn sister her children died here and i was taken to hospital but because if it when we heard the boom still i told my wife may god protect the bills from that show us the move into the senate to see what damage the lost cause most of the children's bodies what remained of them scattered all over the ground. if you don't know the blood to lose the russian military visited us they saw sandra and the state she was in they helped us to travel to russia where we've received a very we're welcoming all the doctors treated us with care at least. my daughter's two satellites wanted to have us as i was very scared but the officer even valeri each visited me in supported me and she brought toys to play together has become

a friend of mine. that's a live news update for now but for further details on all of those stories and many more you can always have to our website r t v dot com thanks for joining us this hour. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world the politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

washington's ambassador to nato threatens to kick out russian missiles and the u.s. interior secretary threatens a naval blockade of russia is the trump doctrine finally reveal. the imaginary towns in your what you're going on the ground is indonesia after lethal earthquakes and failed warning systems hosts the annual. of bastions of alleged economic hit man the i.m.f. and the world bank coming up on the show a clinton administration official lays out the threats to the trump presidency and

the man one step to be drums ambassador to the e.u. it's back plus spoken word and the civil rights struggle we speak to award winning poet sophie i think or the first while the media of nato nations continue to allege russia of unproven crimes its biggest economic bloc the e.u. continues do negotiate with defacto bricks at rogue state britain so how will the u.k. deal with the usa as it threatens china with tariffs and iran with war all this limits the us media that appears to be at war with trump over everything from russia to alleged sex crimes and all this when you liberal i.m.f. was christine legarde today makes veiled threats against trump trade policy joining me now to discuss it is a former clinton administration official laura schwartz in person in person it's great to be in studio thanks for coming to the studios are obama presumably your old boss clinton were against bricks it what prospect you think britain has of getting a trade deal with trump well right now trump has put forward a trade deal just this week with mexico and canada so we've got north america

taking care of south korea that set up japan's coming to the table but we have yet to hear any announcement of great britain in the last week at the u.n. general assembly theresa may sat down with the president they were to talk trade and a few other things but there was absolutely no readout in the united states after that there's no big press around it obviously it's something that the united states together has to face but right now from making many plans to reach it we should take note in britain that there was no readout of exactly so today is this federal start of the. world bank meetings and trump has made it clear he's against globalism and global what do you think he's going to say as christine legarde calls him out for protectionism i think you'll completely disregard her he. as in the past there's no indication that he has to do anything else and you know what his supporters that thirty two percent of america that's pretty crucial to his base

they love it when he picks fights with global leaders they love it when he is the protectionist of america and they don't feel like he's got to go outside the box too early even to talk about trade deals with china with the world with a twenty five percent two hundred billion dollars in chinese goods.