and the week's top stories just minutes after blastoff a malfunction on a russian soyuz rocket forces the crew capsule subject and send the astronauts hurtling through. two weeks on and still no answers through what's happened to a prominent journalist who vanished after entering the saudi embassy in istanbul he claims he was murdered something riyadh denies. and the office for german chancellor angela merkel's conservative allies and the various who risk losing their majority in regional elections says the far right and the greens make the story again.

great to have you with us this hour you're watching the weekly here. and investigation is underway into what went wrong during a failed launch of a space rocket on thursday his two man crew narrowly escaped disaster after a booster malfunction just minutes into that flight. all. right i know you get on. board here. and i.

think. you're thinking. 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 uninjured and alive donald corridor r.t. baikonur. alexa chin in his forty seven years old and holds the rank of reserve lieutenant colonel in the russian air force as they flight would 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 it was to be his maiden space flight and with masses of highly explosive

rocket fuel right behind you when something goes wrong you'd like to make a fast getaway experts have applauded the escape system that propelled the path 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. him impressive. about the design of how they built the scape 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. the crew aboard the international space station had a perfect view of the unfolding events and captured the moment on camera we can show you these images taken by the current space station commander alexander guess you can just about make out white streaks of smoke coming from the rocket guess that his team they've been getting ready to welcome the new colleagues on board soon after commander guest expressed his relief 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 uses despite

a fall 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 a gas in the station he is in a good state he's 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 forward to not only using soyuz for the next astronauts but also for some of our allies so we do not see that as a change in plan. almost two weeks since the mysterious disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist and the still no definitive answer as to what happened to foreign ministers from the u.k. germany and france they've issued a joint statement the calls for quote credible investigation into the case urging

the saudis to provide a detailed response. jamal khashoggi was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul on october second nobody has heard from him since turkey hasn't officially accuse riyadh of being involved but some reports claim that its intelligence service is evidence it was tortured and killed so strongly denied the accusations and offered help to investigate the case the lack of information that sponsored multiple media reports some news outlets have been claiming that the u.s. intercepted saudi discussions of a plan to capture the journalist claiming the saudi crown prince even ordered an operation to lure and detain sure g. others say turkish officials haven't already a recording of the journalist murder said to have been recorded on his watch that many say that's highly unlikely that easily be trying to house more. 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 is stamboul alleged details of how it was done and clued sending over a fifteen 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's extremely thorough the news of this incident took place in the country i knew to move for a long time so i still feel that those who are good willing we will not find ourselves in the situation we do. 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. 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 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 are 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 there's been no trace of the man washington says it's worried about the incident two however it was not the u.s. president to voice concern first some u.s. senators who for tough action if saudi involvement is confirmed. if we find that

they were complicit or directed simply the way. the relationship like. this is serious we need to get the facts and i know that's a startling proposition for the united states congress that we should get the facts before we act if this did happen and 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 president trump has promised to punish saudi officials if their involvement is proven but also stressed is designed to protect america's multi-billion dollar business deals with the gulf kingdom airable 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. tromp is a total of you are you know his attitude is as business when i think it affects a little bit relationship between the united states and so if you're not gonna go flap it doesn't affect where 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 . countries that do need some money and despite 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 tied in there tied in 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. this week also saw the announcement of another high profile departure from the trump of ministration on tuesday the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley took many by surprise when she revealed that she was stepping down is a look back at her time with the global organization. in front of the united. against all enemies foreign and domestic next all that and. i will not shut up rather i will respectfully speak some hard truths. the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war the assad regime and its enablers russia and iran have a playbook for this war it's a playbook of death. it's one more

example of the united nations doing more harm than good the european union has this so wrong and it's all because of their ego and their pride. what we witnessed here today in the security council is an insult to the united states is locked and loaded and if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed. america will put our embassy in jerusalem that is what the american people want us to do and it is the right thing to do. now the united states is respected countries may not like what will we do but they were special.

counting is underway in the various election and shows. a look set for some major losses explain all after the break.

you cannot operate as united nations this is not just one round but you n.d.p. world health organization and other international organizations like the international committee of the red cross you cannot work in a place like. pragmatic cooperation with the locals all routines which are hamas in this case or has been for most of the last few years. welcome back to bavaria have inflicted a heavy blow to chancellor michael schiavo like the christian social union its worst election result for decades exit polls suggest it will now lose its parliament majority in the region with just thirty seven percent of the vote the greens however they are on track for a historic result will become very second major political force on the far right if

. more than ten percent meaning their lead to parliament for the first time in what was a hotly contested election. the

regional election also saurabh the big losers such is the d.p. and the link thinking five and three percent respectively i'm isha sesay breaks down the potential implications for german politics. and they all tend to fit gemini election party and the results are showing heavy losses the system party the c s u especially compared with the last election this is seeing these top dominance head in the region of the various of the second world war these to be unthinkable that they could get anything less than the majority on sunday this majority and surely this is a big blow to the medical it's good news safe of a day's events at the regional parliament for the fans times one day a member i stay say said that he was happy with their face progress today it's well it's a great success and took the now off to going to start european parliament than all the others parliaments in the country also biracial on top and you see here is

a celebration and big party this is the end of the old fashioned parties and there we are living in a frenzy of a century it is now the time for blue by. it is what i am so we are. the party of tomorrow now this will also bring in another problem the problem of forming a coalition now the c.s.u. been vocal about not pairing with the f.d.a. with the greens who came second in the dairy and prime ministers also just said that they'll be no talks with day to day but it does look like the voters have been moving away from the centrist policies to the left and the right and this thought the voters have been pushing the party a bit shoes such as immigration some people say that the c.s. sida will see will further might be to blame for the polls as he has been arguing with nicola over this issue over the mike the crisis in the house calls negative press around chimney and beyond smug saying should he stay or should he go now a loss to the c.s.u.

could put the government in a volatile position and lead to possible government instability. the us mid-term elections are less than a month away now the latest polls suggest that has everything to play for with the democrats enjoying only a marginal lead over the republican rivals while he's got a more pretty looks at how the traditional campaign rulebooks 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. was going. to be. very. 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's every come to extreme too dangerous to cover they've gone wacko. handed matchups during arsonists and you don't give power to an angry left wing mob and that's what the democrats have been. 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. is part of the midterm campaigning the clintons are about to set out on

tour although some suspect this could be a precursor to hillary preparing for another shot at the white house. if you're going to get up close and personal with bill or hillary clinton you're in luck bill and hillary hillary clinton are going on towards 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 nineteen 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 time i think about aaa is allergic. to the basket of deplorable she's guilty is now what was his response to that was told. he'd rather have a puppet as president than obama today now you have the russian. thanks staying with us here on out international from me for this evening do stick around. bring you right up to date at the top of the. when gold make its manufacture consent instead of public wealth. when the

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any love lost between the soviet union or russia on the one hand and may tell on another but over the last couple of years that animosity has once again transformed into the main policy determinant for both will the bloc mentality ever stop blocking relations in the larger europe of to discuss that i'm now joined by the fun of the law top professor at the dreariest university in telling us it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time we are recording this interview right after your public talk about how the western containment policy against the soviet union has now been replaced by russia's efforts to contain nato and i wonder if in the case of russia it's really containment as much as let's say the effort to simply keep nato away good first of all it's interesting from the historical point of view to see how the this where the containment was exploited to the right after the second world war by the united states to you need to contain

the potential expansion of the soviet union towards the eastern side of europe and at that moment containment became more or less one of the pillars of the foreign policy of the united states in nato was one of the tool of the containment not the only one but in europe need to was for sure the most important tool to try to contain the soviet union it's interesting russia is doing the same to nato now because as you pointed out i think the russian policy is much less multilayered and what you describe think that scene in one sense of russia was a week to see how far need to go how much need to cool insurance forms soviet republics because we had the explosion of soviet union and many new independent counties but the. remain in my opinion what the french called to do may in the result of the which means

a privileged area of interaction between the former soviet republic we may understand that for instance in some of the counties such as in the baltic states there will not always a huge of friendship between some part of those population and there are also natural economic ties that sustain not only russia but i understand many in the baltics to correct not only economic ties but also a common often way of thinking a common way of having more to have relations it is a because of the history and even though the ballot ecstacy that they can of course concede that in the past there were other troubles they were independent between the two world wars and then the wording clued in the soviet union at the beginning of the second world war. but with other former soviet republic such as crane or georgia well may need a crane or crane or russia they have

a common history they have come i would say cultural and religious but let's discuss does indeed tell when let me press here once more do you think russia current policy reserve in nato could really be described as containment i do consider that what i've been in the very recent months sure that russia on one side the east turning to were easier in order to create a stronger bloc and if you can ask the west yes and that would be a first step to stop a large amount of the western counters to work toward a russian federation secondly the new generation of weapons the seer the president of russia for the reason doing the speech beginning of march he showed a new new weapons and that means a do more than a tory is acting in order to establish.