i. was. right that much is better. than the top stories of the week just minutes after blastoff was hurtling toward space a rocket malfunction forced the quick thinking crew to abandon their mission and face a nailbiting plunge back to earth. almost two weeks on the still no answer as to what's happened to a prominent journalist who vanished after entering the saudi embassy in. turkey claims he was murdered something riyadh denies and. if we are fortunate enough to win back the house and or the senate that's when civility can start again the mid-term elections are looming in the u.s.

the democrats and the republicans going all actors polls put both sides almost neck and neck in the german state of the barrier is voting today regional election which could sway the balance of power nationally. for the well can you watching a weekly here in r.t. international look back at what's been happening over the last seven days as well as the latest now an investigation is underway into just what went wrong during thursday's failed launch of a soyuz spacecraft its two man crew narrowly escaped disaster just minutes into their flight.

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well 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 that something was wrong because minot aleksei off chin in and astronaut nick cake had to make an emergency landing emergency services arrived at the scene within ninety minutes of their landing for some. thing that hasn't happened in over thirty years it's really a miracle that these two came out on injured and alive donald corder r.t. baikonur what a legacy of cheney and his forty seven years old and holds the rank of reserve left

and colonel in the russian air force base flight would have been his second journey into space he's an american colleague forty three year old nick haig is a colonel in the u.s. air force and he was his mate in the space flight what with masses of highly explosive rocket fuel right behind you when something does go wrong you need to make a fast getaway and experts are reporting the escape system that propelled the pair to safety. thank you thank you but of course i want to thank the rescuers and those who designed these keep systems thanks to them. seriously it's a very dangerous situation and it's. in impressive.

about the design of how they built this leave 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 the 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 from the transmissions the crew was very calm very professional and they did everything jacqui right. meanwhile the crew onboard the international space station did have a perfect view of the unfolding events and captured to the moment on camera and we can show you those images taken by the current space station commander alexander gerster and you can just about make out the white streaks of smoke there from the

rockets person is team had been getting ready to welcome their new colleagues on board soon after commander expressed his really. i'm glad that our friends are fine thanks to more than a thousand rescue workers this day has again shown how great the still uses 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 have some contacts. and i guess interest here in the good spirits here is not at all afraid he trusts into so us. so therefore now he will he might or he might have to stay a little bit longer the stations and plant there is no change of plans so we're looking forwards to not only using also use for the next astronauts but also for some of our allies so we do not see

a change in plan. now almost two weeks since the mysterious disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist and the still no definitive answer as to what has happened to him. he was last seen entering the saudi conscious and stumble on october the second no one has heard from him since turkey has not officially keys riyadh of being involved but some reports the claim its intelligence services do you have evidence of was talk shit and killed saudi arabia strongly denies the accusations though and has offered help to investigate the case well the lack of information has prompted multiple media reports to some news outlets to claim the u.s. intercepted saudi discussions of a plan to capture the journalists claiming. the saudi crown prince ordered an operation to year and detain a shogi others say that officials haven't already a recording of the journalists murder said to have been recorded on his smart watch though many do say that this is highly unlikely that has more now on the

journalist's mysterious disappearance. where is journalist. 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 and its stamboul alleged details of how it was done and clued sending over a fifty man a hit squad from the kingdom to make sure the man's dead anchor was shocked something so horrendous could have happened in istanbul prosecutes 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 the saudi kingdom is 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. jamal who 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 has a right. it's 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 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 there's been no trace of the man who washington says is worried about the instant

you however it was not the u.s. president who voiced concern for some u.s. senators called for tough action if saudi involvement is confirmed if we find though that they were complicit or directors of the way. over the edge of what goes over 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 if this did happen it is increasing the likelihood that something bad happened to this man at the hands of the saudi government has contempt for us. disrespectful to. meanwhile 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 deals with the gulf kingdom. terrible to discuss thing 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. tromp is a total of your you know is that it is as business when i think it affects a little bit relationship between you not just sold you out i'm gonna go flop doesn't affect where well because the problem is that no. one wants to do something against russia and iran and turkey in the middle east and they need. some money and i think it you know doesn't change anything. is very important to the u.s. in terms of the reserve status of the dollar in terms of the petro dollar is 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 the maybe people will be calling for something to happen nothing is going to happen. to germany now where there is holding local elections today which could have a huge impact nationally there's a significant chance the outcome could weaken the country's ruling coalition. reports now from the very. well the polls and now a and the various that form a regional government by the end of the day sister party to anger medical c.d.u. the c.s.u. has long held dominance in the various since the second world war but things are changing let's take a look at who's fighting to see. pre-election

polls show us that the c.s.a. are expected to suffer a loss if so voters are thought to be leaving towards the end they feel tempted to germany party they're set to make their debut with around ten percent of the phase but those who don't like the strong rhetoric of the f.d.a.

are tending towards the left towards the greens who are expected to make around twenty percent of the votes this is very well known among the journalists and also among the people who are the. kind of copying our program is the losing massive losing the people we got the big part of off there like to write up something serious you will be shoestring voters are also thought to be publishing the c.s.u. of issues such as immigration has pushed the c.d.u. atmosphere to a breaking point and the c s e's top party candidate thinks he knows who's to blame these are all numbers that are heavily influenced by burl in politics i do not want to burden sell situation in the various state parliaments internal disputes hurts no matter what causes them i admit that things can get better in berlin but if you let your own personal ambition to. it becomes impossible to govern so with the pre-election polls anything to go by votes is attending away from the centrist

parties and this is could be a worrying sign for merkel but let's look at also what the status of area except for the prize it's one of the states that the lowest rate of unemployment is also the hub of the car manufacturer at b.m.w. but at the brink of the economic crisis it took in the second highest number of migrants across germany but people do say that that area is the backbone of the german economy but later we'll wait to see if when the votes come in tonight to see if the c.s.u. can hold on to its majority all it will be forced to go into a coalition which could rattle german politics. will be keeping a close eye on that for you but still to come on the weekly this is the clintons hit the road to campaign for next month's midterm elections there is speculation whether hillary is actually considering another run for the white house will have a look at that just talk about.

what you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. wanted. to write for us this is what. you. interesting.

question. though again that the u.s. midterm elections are less than a month away and latest polls do suggest there's everything to play for with the democrats enjoying only a marginal lead over their republican rivals looks at how the traditional campaign rulebook though has been 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 monday because you know the new message is get out in their face get in people's face but republicans are also out for blood to do. every come to extreme too dangerous to govern they've gone wacko. matchups during our service and you don't give power to an angry left wing mob and that's what the democrats if it were 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 well as part of the midterm campaign the clintons are back to set eyes on tool though some do suspect this could be perhaps a precursor to hillary preparing for another shot at the white house. if you're going to get up. with bill or hillary clinton you're outta luck you'll know if hillary clinton are going on two or thirteen city tour with former president bill clinton former secretary of state hillary clinton. america is great because america is good for.

the upcoming. twenty nine team around the time that 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 for every job i think about trump my is allergic. to the basket of deplorable she's guilty is what was his responsibility to. be rather have a puppet as president and no props today no you have the right. to russian football stars are being investigated after video emerged of the message to me attacking two government officials in a moscow calf and another man in the street

a court decides to place alexander court in. pretrial detention until december the eighth by face charges of hooliganism and could face lengthy prison sentences the plays have apologized for their actions. when 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 quest of that very same moment won how people got metaphors fighting quantum gravity las vegas they were in a strip club in central moscow came out of a drunk and clashed with a man who turned out to be a personal driver of a t.v. host in russia now this man is in intensive care with a brain injury with a head injury. 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. 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 behavior the cast a shadow on all russian football the words of echoed in the reactions coming from the russian premier league and the both respective club 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 who. we're 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 are looking into time and eighteen these players contracts they're just looking at the contacts whether they see it right thing to hopefully start to bridge the 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 hero still get to find their way into this tough morning in the here. this is our were a mobile pilgrimage. that we can make this turn of. mobile right now the president right out there right this is our producer jared him and stephen don't always see eye to eye on the next sure. some are not going to hit the house or

cable you want to get out there and they're going to hit a curb here in a minute. but the truth is you can't take it thirty two foot motorhome and there are three point turn in the middle of nowhere actually massachusetts general laws title fourteen chapter eighty nine section nine says that but who's keeping track thank you michel this is just let me know if i'm going to get something that you're already getting lost are heroes attempt to navigate the former county trails known as road come forward from washington without the modern convenience of g.p.s. you know like real pilgrims so we don't know where we are right now right i felt this compass out of battery and some gaffer tape but the video that's on you did. about five miles out right now is going to this is a modern day max gyve are starting to get in for boston i'm not going to. i'm responding to your idea i'm wondering. that's where the boston tea

party happened right yes seven hundred seventy three in the tea act got everyone relaxed agitated and that's why they're the boston tea party seven hundred seventy three which is three years before the revolution many and in doing that that was a way of those groups like you know making a statement against the gains on.