the little boy. in the week's top stories just minutes after a blast off a malfunction on a russian soyuz rocket forces the crew's escape capsule to reject and sends the astronauts hardlink back to earth. almost two weeks gone and it's still no longer us towards happens to a prominent journalist who vanished after entering the saudi embassy in istanbul turkey claims he was murdered there something riyadh denies. and the german chancellor is conservative allies scored dismal results of the various state elections all the greens on the far right a s d make his story getting.

a warm welcome this is the weekly on the international rounding out the top stories of the past seven days it's happening with us. and investigation is underway into what went wrong during a failed launch of a soyuz spacewalk is on thursday it's two month crew narrowly escapes disaster after a booster malfunctioned just minutes into their flight. right you know you get on. the floor here you are and i.

think. you're thinking. well we were at the launch site doing live coverage of so i use m s ten's 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 alexy often in his forty seven years old and holds the rank of reserve lieutenant colonel in the russian air force base flights would have been his second to any and to space his american colleague forty three year olds nick haig is a colonel in the u.s.s. cole said and it was his maiden space flight. but with masses of highly explosive

rocket feel right behind you when something goes wrong you need to make a fast getaway expos saw applauding 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 the system thanks to them. it's a very dangerous situation and it's. him impressive. about the design of how they built the 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 store used 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 yet from the transmissions the crew was very calm very professional and they did everything jacqui right. the crew onboard 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 girth and you can just about make out the white streaks of smoke from the rockets just on his team has been getting ready to welcome the new colleagues on board soon after come on the ghost 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 still uses despite a fall start the crew safely brought back to earth space travel is tough but we must go on for the benefit of humanity and accessibility well i have some contact this next on the gas in the station he is in a good shape is not out of. the class into this so he was seated in the class so therefore now if he were invited or he might have to stay a little bit longer the stations and plans there is no longer a change of plans so we are looking forward to not only using so us for the next asked about but also for some of our satellites so we do not see that there is a change in plans the head of nasa has also praised the work of the crew and expressed relief that the astronauts were unhurt. been a very long and productive relationship and we want to make sure that it stays

strong i want to start by saying how proud i am of nick a our astronaut from what we know so far his communications crew's efforts were heroic they both came home safely. and for that work serenely grateful and i also want to say that we're also proud of alexy of cine and his russian counterpart on the same soyuz crew capsule both of our nations can do more together than we can do separate and they recognize that and we recognize that. almost two weeks since the mysterious disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist and there's still no definitive answer as to what happened to him foreign ministers from the u.k. germany and france have issued a joint statement calling for a quote credible investigation into the case the saudis to provide a detailed response jamal has thought she was last seen entering the saudi

consulate in istanbul on october the second and no one's heard from him since turkey has not officially accused riyadh of being involved but some reports claim its intelligence services have evidence has thought she was tortured and killed well saudi arabia strongly denies the accusations and has offered to help investigate the case the lack of information has prompted multiple media reports some news outlets claiming 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 his saudi or others say turkish officials have an order of recording of the journalists murders are said to have been recorded on his smart watch though many say this is highly unlikely artie's really for trying to has 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 clude 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 a 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 for a long time so i still hold out hope good willing we will not find ourselves in a situation we do not want to 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 has 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. 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 there's been no trace of the man. and washington says it's worried about the incident too however it was not the u.s. president to voice concerns some u.s. senators has called for tough action if saudi involvement is confirmed if we find

out that they were complicit or directed specifically to the election should like to. know 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 us meanwhile president donald trump 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 came that 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. tromp is. you know his attitude is as business when i think it affects a little bit. relationship between the united states and so do i don't go on a golf clap it 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. contraries and you need some money i think you you know doesn't change anything. is very important to the u.s. in terms of the reserve status of the dollar terms of the petro dollar. it's very little they're tired and they're tired and global 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. this week also saw the

announcements of another high profile departure from the right and it's thought the pages have been pushing the party to be issues such as immigration some people say that the c.s. course he will might be to blame for the polls as he has been arguing with nicole and even see if she goes to the mike the crisis in the house calls negative press around chimney and beyond mother saying should he stay or should he go now a loss to the c.s.u. which put the government in a volatile position and lead to possible government instability the. reports are surfacing that a van driver has been arrested in paris after mounting a pavement in the tempting to run over pedestrians on sunday night he was pursued by police down brought to a halt so after officers opened fire several times no pedestrians are believed to have been injured in the incident which took place in a suburb in the north of the french capital a police officer reportedly says it sustained minor injuries the driver was shot in

the are. now the u.s. midterm elections are less than a month away latest polls suggest there's everything to play for with the democrats enjoying only a marginal lead over their republican rivals kellett more pain looks at how the traditional campaign rulebook 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 coming to me. some republicans are now warning that the chaos could turn deadly i fear that there's going to be an assassination i really worry this somebody is going to be coup and that those who are ratcheting up the conversation they have to realize they bear some responsibility if this elevates to violence after the senator's

personal information was released online his family is on edge you know i felt incredibly threatened and frightened and i had been frightened when rand left for d.c. that one day because you know what if the new message is get out in their face get in people's face but republicans are also out for blood to the democrats every come to extreme too dangerous to cover they've gone wacko. handed matchups to an arsonist and you don't give power to an angry left wing mob and that's what the democrats are thinking it was. so civility just forget it it's likely that eve. after the midterm elections americans aren't just going to get over it divisions are getting deeper and r.t. new york. as part of the midterm campaigning the clintons are about to set out on

toll although some suspects this could be a precursor to see hillary preparing for another shot at the white house. if you're looking to get up. with bill or hillary clinton you're in luck you know 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 for every job i think about trump my is allergic. basket of deplorable she's guilty is out what was his responsibility to be. rather have a puppet as president in occidental you have the right. pace that calling for an inquiry into reports doctors have been secretly charging couple of to choose the sex of their child gender selection through i.v.'s is only legal on medical grounds but since fertility regulator has launched an investigation. we are confident of a vast majority of the u.k.'s fertility clinics do not recommend sex selection either at home or abroad however we take allegations of sex selection seriously and

will investigate any specific cases brought to our attention me. reports claim couples have paid up to fourteen thousand pounds for the illegal procedure several senior doctors have allegedly set up a point moments that private clinics in the u.k. before completing the medical treatment abroad in countries like cyprus and the u.a.e. we spoke to british model danielle lloyd who's been criticized for her decision to use the procedure in the us i think obviously some people got angry because there is women out there who can actually have children i think they were angered because they think i should just love the children of gaar which i totally understand and i do love them the my everything my kids my life for a think if this science is out there for me make other people choose to use gender selection in a way where as if i was having my first child i would never want to pick the sex of the baby i was quite happy to go along and for whatever the health of the baby

selflessly the most important thing. for of the sea for me have been for children and them all being boys i just couldn't grow old and feel like a car and not have that mother daughter relationship we put the issue up for debate . there are medical conditions which either only affect boys or only affect girls and it's actually fairly standard practice in lots of places around the world for couples who have a family history of those kind of conditions to be given i.v.'s from given the opportunity to select the gender of child that is less likely to suffer from those conditions i think we would all take steps to try and make sure that children were less likely to have problems later in life in all sorts of different ways the idea of just choosing the sex of your child based on a whim i think you know i think to me it sounds horrifying but what we should be asking really is the question what kind of culture we living in if people have a really strong feeling if people really really only want to call should we be

forcing those people to have a girl do we want a girl raised in a family that really only wants a boy and in a culture that evidently values boys much more strongly by rejecting the embryo you don't want on the basis of that six and i think that six discrimination give women the vote i believe in women's rights etc i think women are quite capable of accepting a pregnancy and do not need to go into this nonsense of i want a boy or i want to go you can suggest i might like one i have five lovely sons i might have at some stage for wouldn't it be nice to have a girl i've now got four lovely granddaughters you know boys and girls in my opinion are absolutely equal and i don't think you should do anything deliberate two to make. a choice because the price is that you need to do is to discuss the embryos of the wrong six when i.v. after is done it is absolutely standard to create more embryos than you intend to implant the spare embryos are normally kept in

a fridge freezer or whatever to be used in the future if they're wanted every year lots and lots of embryos are discarded because people have i.v.'s i'm actually don't want to have ten children they want to have one or two children it's absolutely stand that if you are against discarding embryos then you are against i.v.'s and you welcome to campaign. on that front person i think it's a very fantastic process and it's brilliant that it's available to couples and it's couples have a strong feeling about what the woman does or doesn't want to be president and would not want what she wants to go on and it is inevitable that they're going to fall off when you are choosing which imbrie are you want your going to analyze which is male which is female you're making a choice and this is what i'm saying i don't accept it because in choosing my eyes i'm not going to get into indiana that already on many occasions these issues come to light because some conditions are passed through the mail rather than this e-mail and and families that are hard to miss in the diseases go down the i.v.'s

route in order to try to see how they're going to solve that problem but just in that on a purely basic choice position you cannot just randomly choose one without discriminating against the are. a huge fire broke out in a way storage facility in milan on sunday spilling out fick toxic smoke over the city of plumes become reportedly be seen miles away health officials in the city say they're concerned about the possible health consequences of the fire could cause a surge in the revel of the level of carcinogenic compounds in the environment forty nine year old man is there to have been injured in the blaze itself and taken to hospital firefighters are at the scene battling the inferno it's not clear how it started or flora to say they've launched an investigation. well thanks for joining us here on r.t. with all the latest monday morning headlines will receive will be with you at the

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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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. i know my t.l. talent. come up loud a known side of time john. i'm a close ally i ain't my own but i'm the. all in and i took one. little took some

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