three. speed. limits malfunctioning spacecraft. still. speculation that he was murdered something riyad. if we are fortunate enough to win back the house and the senate that's when civility can start again. with democrats and republicans growing old. just six. months

high stakes. it is sunday morning here just in time for the weekly from all of us here. welcome to the program. so space industry experts a busy investigating what went wrong during the. launch of a soyuz spacecraft the crew of true who were on board. just minutes into that flight. leisure to live. right now you get out. of it and i didn't.

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please. we were at the launch site doing live coverage of so i use m s tens blast off into the cosmos we saw the rocket go into the sky the tourists that were watching friends and family other journalists they were taking pictures smiling clapping congratulating the crew on their successful blast off into the sky. but then we started getting signs and unconfirmed reports that something was wrong because i'm not alex a chain in an astronaut nick cage had to make an emergency landing emergency services arrived at the scene within ninety minutes of their landing for something that hasn't happened in over thirty years it's really

a miracle that these two came out on injured and alive donald corridor r t baikonur. the two men on board a russian cosmonaut alexi of change in an american national make a now alexy of turn the news of forty seven years old and holds the rank of reserve lieutenant colonel in the russian air force of those days flight was supposed to have been his second journey into space his american colleague forty three year old nick haig is a colonel in the u.s. air force and his case it would have been his maiden flight. now when you've got more than half a million pounds of burning rocket fuel behind you in a booster that's gone faulty you need to get away and fast experts and astronauts are praising the escape system that ultimately propelled them to safety.

thank you thank you but yes of course i want to thank the rescuers and those who designed these keep systems thanks to them our guys came back to earth safely it's a very dangerous situation and it's. him impressive. about the design of how they built this levy escape system that it works so very well but you're in a very volatile situation with lots of rocket propellant around you going very very fast very very high so things could have gone much much worse and it's just great that the escape system works so well i flew on to the space station aboard a soyuz rocket myself came back in a soyuz capsule on my fourth mission and so you know kind of brought me back to what it's like being in that vehicle and imagining going through this kind of emergency aboard but as you heard yeah from the transmissions the crew was very

calm very professional and they did everything's actually right. well the crew onboard the international space station had more than a bird's eye view of what happened and captured the moment on camera we can show you the images taken by the current space station commander alexander you can just about make out the white streaks of smoke from the rockets. and his team were readying to welcome their colleagues on board but could then only watch helplessly as they saw the astronauts incredible escape as they fell back to earth even four hundred kilometers up commander goes to relief was palpable. i'm glad that our friends are fine thanks to more than a thousand rescue workers this day has again shown how great the so use is despite a false start the crew was safely brought back to earth space travel is tough but we must go on for the benefit of humanity alex is doing well i had some contact is there some gas into sage and he is in a good shape he is not at all afraid he casts into this so you were as he did in

the past so therefore now he will he might he might have to stay a little bit longer in the stations and plans but he has said he's in a good move there is no issue. but still no major breakthrough in the case of the prominent saudi journalist who vanished almost two weeks ago jamal khashoggi was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second no one has heard from him since and turkey has not officially accuse riyadh of being involved but some reports claim his intelligence services have evidence that not only was he kidnapped but also tortured and killed a saudi arabia strongly denies the accusations and has offered help in investigating the case. now the whole lack of information on a sensitive topic like this prompted multiple media reports some news outlets allege that the u.s. intercepted saudi discussions of

a plan to capture the journalist claiming the saudi crown prince ordered an operation to lure and detain. others say that i will have an audio recording of the journalists murder said to have been recorded on his smart watch though some say this is highly unlikely. that has more on the journalist's mysterious disappearance where is journalist jeanne what happened to him. for an entire week nobody has been able to answer that question and vesta gaiters on the ground who might be the closest to solving the riddle believe he could have been brutally murdered behind the walls of the saudi consulate in istanbul alleged details of how it was done and clued sending over a fifteen man hit squad from the kingdom to make sure the man's dead anchor was shocked something so horrendous could have happened in istanbul prosecutor in

istanbul is investigating the issue there is both a security investigation and an intelligence one it is extremely thorough the news that this incident took place in the country i knew to move through a long time so i still hold out hope good willing we will not find ourselves in a situation we do not want and still riyadh says it's got nothing to do with it all the claims are absolute blogs and official at the consulate general of the kingdom of saudi arabia in istanbul dismissed the report by reuters which cited turkish officials the saudi citizen jamal khashoggi was killed in the consulate in istanbul he fishel strongly denounce these baseless allegations and express his down to that they came from turkish officials they were informed of the investigation or authorized to comment on the issue. saudi kingdom's transparency record has been poor to say the least but in a rare display of openness there officials even invited warders on

a tour around the consulate. g. lives and works in the u.s. but to obtain a license to get married he had to see saudi officials is definitely been to the consulate twice on september the twenty eighth and when he disappeared now here's what's crucial mr who writes about the saudi government and it's not exactly glowing actually had been worried something bad could happen to him before the second visit to the consulate the journalists left his cell phone with his fiance with instructions on what to do if he didn't come out soon the woman called turkish police four hours later when jamal was nowhere to be seen saudi officials say his stay at the compound was very short they were sure the journalist vanished once he stepped outside now they're looking for him to mr his fiance is full of hope he's not been killed but kidnapped rather. the story's been picked up by

media all over the world one of the newspapers jamal wrote for the washington post came out with a blank column where they were supposed to print his piece but that hasn't helped. well washington says it's so worried about the incident as well however it was not the u.s. president who voiced concern for some u.s. senators are urging tough action if indeed saudi involvement is confirmed. if we find that they were complicit or directed the simple the way. the relationship like . this is serious we need to get the facts and i know that's startling proposition for the united states congress that we should get the facts before we act it decided happen in this increase in the likelihood that something bad happened to this man at the hands of the saudi government has contempt for us.

disrespectful to meanwhile the president has promised to punish saudi officials if their involvement is proven but also stressed his desire to protect america's multi-billion dollar business with the gulf kingdom. terrible the disgusting about that if that were the case so we're going to have to see we're going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment we don't like it and we don't like it even a little bit but as to whether or not we should stop one hundred ten billion dollars from being spent in this country knowing they have four or five alternatives two very good alternatives that would not be acceptable to break. does. he you know his attitude is as business when i think it affects a little bit. relationship between the united states and yet i'm gonna go flop doesn't affect what i do well because the problem is that now americans want to do something against russia and iran and turkey in the middle east and they need. to

be on the gulf countries and do you need some money and despite i think it you know doesn't change anything. it's very important to the u.s. in terms of the reserve status of the dollar in terms of the petro dollar. it's very they're tired and they're tired and hand in glove with them i really don't think anything is going nothing is going to happen that maybe people will be calling for something to happen nothing is going to happen. people on the caribbean island of martinique are stepping up calls for the french state to accept complicity in a major health crisis there they say the failure of successive administrations to end the use of a highly toxic pesticide as left the french overseas territory polluted and caused cancer rates to rocket.

in the nine hundred seventy s. this kind of ground zero was banned in the usa just like during this period last started using it in martinique until ninety ninety four so the question is why. for years we have swung and i mean hailed as pesticides not one yeah it was feeding

on the regional health agency new officials new and marijuana not population this is very. soon gee it's not possible to get an estimate of the number. patients who are victims of florida economy will you be the priority is to determine the number of farmers who were working in the banana plantations i don't know hundreds of many of them have died of prostate cancer many had premature babies so you know why did they not french people see these sweet potatoes because they contaminate but they let off the same taytay strain same period. when one is aware that a product is toxic and still use it is assassination such as martha the french state is complicit in this is us nation because they will slice the news talks of. the face of the state must take its share of responsibility for this pollution must

make progress on the path of for abrasion and projects i hope that collectively will put our efforts toward zero cortico in food that's the only thing that makes sense to please the feast we're not ones to facts are there and deleterious than it is unfortunately irreversible. i expect the culprits to take responsibility and face the consequences. now you are watching the weekly here on r.t. international still to come here the us midsummer elections are less than a month away and a stirring scariest diversions among the voters and more on that and the rest of your weekly just.

they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. to be for us this is what. can't be good. interesting.

if you join us today the united states midterm elections are less than a month away now with both the democrats and republicans appearing to grow increasingly animated and outspoken and there's a lot at stake polls this week show only a six percent gap in support between the two parties the democrats leading on forty seven percent. protocols being torn up in the current political climate. i may not agree with what you say but i shall defend to the death your right to say it now that used to be the favorite quotation of americans but not anymore civility is passe just ask hillary clinton you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for what you care about if

we are fortunate enough to win back the house and or the senate that's when civility can start again remember back when everyone hailed this motto when they go low we go high. well now barack obama's former attorney general has adjusted it just a little machine always says that you know when they go low. you know. they go low we keep it right. and some sectors of the us public are pretty clearly ready for battle. i was going. to be. worried because. some republicans are now warning that

the chaos could turn deadly i fear that there's going to be an assassination i really worry that somebody is going to be too and that those who are ratcheting up the conversation they have to realize they bear some responsibility if this and a face to violence after the senator's personal information was released online his family is on edge you know i felt incredibly threatened and frightened i had been frightened when rand left for d.c. that one day because you know if the new messages get in their face get in people's face but republicans are also out for blood thinner. mcbride separate come to extreme too dangerous to govern they've gone wacko you have matches to an arsonist and you don't give power to an angry leftwing mob and that's what the democrats are. so civility just forget it

it's likely that even after the midterm elections americans aren't just going to get over it divisions are getting deeper and r.t. new york. a big tour is about to kick off in the united states starring a couple but clinton which some suspect is a precursor to hillary clinton preparing for a third shot at the white house. if you're looking to get up close and personal with bill or hillary clinton you're in luck bill and hillary hillary clinton are going on tour thirteen city tour with former president bill clinton former secretary of state hillary clinton. america is great because america is good for.

the upcoming may twenty nine teams around the time the twenty twenty presidential contenders are expected to start announcing that plans to run for the white house. she does not look presidential she doesn't have to stamina stamina tremendous stamina every time i think about aaa is allergic. to the basket of deplorable she's guilty is out but we. responsibility. as president. to russian football stars are being investigated after video of most of them allegedly attacking two government officials in

a moscow cafe and another man in the street a quarter size who placed alexander to. detention it's until december the eighth when a verdict will be reached they both face charges of hooliganism and could now face years in jail the players in turn have apologized for their quote outrageous actions sports correspondent broke down the story. and i looked at those videos i thought somebody was trying to reenact the grand theft auto computer game in the streets of moscow but then it happened to be not just to footballers to star footballers now one of them i saw that got caught in this leading strike and then in st petersburg he actually scored a winner in the europa league just a fortnight ago the others from class that are both used to play for the russian national team up until twenty sixteen they were in a strip club they went out of the strip club for some reason clashed with a man in the street who happened to be a personal driver of a t.v. host in russia now this man who is in intensive care with a brain injury with

a head injury they did not stop there after that brawl and we can see the video the man in the white hat is actually my according to eyewitness reports they went further they went to a cafe in moscow and clashed with two visitors of that cafe the visitors were turned out to be public servants both relatively high ranking government officials one of them also ended up in hospital with injuries the reactions have been overwhelming and they have been overwhelming criticism as well coming from the very top now let's listen to what the russian sports minister had to say about that. the victims have turned to the police there is video of the into that cannot be any extenuating circumstances in this situation this is unacceptable unsportsmanlike behaviors that casts a shadow on all russian football the words of our echoed in the reactions coming from the russian premier league and the both respective clubs senate st petersburg and crossed the russian premier league expresses its concern strongly condemns the hooligan behavior we believe that those responsible should face the strongest

possible punishment there is no place for hooligans in football we are waiting for a legal assessment from the respective agencies but from a human and emotional point of view this incident only evokes. we consider any form of violence an acceptable and condemn we are certain that at the end of the investigation the incident will receive an appropriate legal assessment both clubs have been relatively quiet about the possible repercussions for both players but the talk of the town that both clubs are looking into time in eighteen these players contracts they're just looking at the contracts whether this time a nation is possible but let's not forget if they are found guilty if they're charged and found guilty of these misdemeanors they could face up to two years in prison each they operated the tories for their misdemeanors but they were caught filmed in one of the monaco's nightclubs with a lavish party with champagne. should

not be doing even if this is not you know if it's outside of the of the pitch. according to what's called several times reckless driving in moscow in his bentley there he was pictured in a south asensio wedding firing off pistols in the so they operated the tories for their misdemeanors but of course all that pales in comparison to what they did this last weekend and it's absolutely no chance that they will scape any sort of punishment from that now thanks for joining us for the weekly here on international running down the top stories of the week and of course of the day plenty more to come your way if you can join us in about often i. don't. know.

why. in film then there is a trade in young girls sold into an underground six industry sometimes. spot the people they trust the most. my mother and son and. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this 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. previously on the great american tilt triffid right into the military one nine

hundred sixty eight ship to be. your were you born nine hundred forty eight born in sixty six close nineteen fifty one forty eight all not even close. here's a reason i'm just the host of the program. everybody i'm stephen baldwin gosselin task hollywood guy usual suspects a very proud american first of all i'm just george washington and r.v. enthusiastic uncle steve to me is going to join the big board buzz this is my buddy max the famous financial guru and we'll she's a little bit different i'm out of here abraham lincoln hall or not i know no one knows the last but not least my larger than life. the night. star rio. with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the road to have some fun. meet everyday

americans who know. what's america. suffered and see how things got so crazy i was making between the right thing to hopefully start to bridge that gap. this is the great american pill. it's day number three in massachusetts and though the locals say all roads lead to boston our heroes still get to find their way into the city tough morning in the here. this is our were a mobile pilgrimage. that we can make this turn of. mobile and right now the president right this is our producer jared him and stephen don't always see eye to eye on the next well sure. so we're not going to hit the house for

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