this hour's headlines stories president trump's hawkish national security advisor john bolton is in moscow the u.s. say it's dropping. their arms treaty with russia. toil and trouble spell boy and night in new york which is perform a hexing ritual and supreme court judge brett kavanaugh the event is met with protesters condemning this sorcery. hundreds rally in the u.k. fracking protests as the british government presses ahead with the controversial

gas extraction process. it's really doing something the people and the reason why is because there are fifty next. to a new take up i may have financial interests. live from our international news center in moscow this is r.t. a warm welcome wherever you're tuning in from i mean i know neal our top story donald trump's national security adviser john bolton is in moscow for talks with russia's foreign minister the visit comes after president trump announced he was taking the u.s. of a nuclear arms treaty with russia. to also develop new weapons germany's foreign minister denied the decision stating it undermines european security. the

announcement by the us that is going to withdraw from the i.m.f. accord is regrettable the i.m.f. agreement has been an important pillar of our european security architecture for thirty years for us in europe it's of great importance we call on the u.s. to consider the possible consequences of moscow believes the withdrawal is aimed at establishing more u.s. weapons at the borders of russia and china and the move has been on the cards for a while with president putin frequently saying it would be met with immediate response the arms race just getting out of control. we did not initiate this turn of events as you know it was not we just pulled out of the antiballistic missile treaty with the good because we respond to the threats that confronted us were moving forward to modernize our nuclear arsenal and ensure that our capabilities were mean. we would never allow anybody to have anything

even close to what we have it would usually be for american colonists next. we will give an immediate and reciprocal response. on the treaty was signed back in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven which we knew then solve it union and the united states under the agreement to all made range nuclear unconventional missiles were eliminated apart from those launch from the sea you're trying to with more on what we know. this is how you sort out a major nuclear crisis and make the world a bit more of a safer place nineteen eighty seven the u.s. and soviet leaders got together and band ground launched intermediate range ballistic missiles and this is an example of how leaders can perhaps make the world more dangerous russia has violated the agreement they've been violating get for

many years that i don't know why president obama didn't negotiate or pull out. and we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to wear the ones that have stated in the agreement and we bonded agreement but russia is not unfortunately on to the agreement so we're going to terminate the agreement we're going to pull out while donald trump does have someone to learn from i have concluded the a.b.m. treaty hinders our government's ability to develop ways. to protect our people from future terrorists or rogue state missile attacks the united states of america. is withdrawing from this almost thirty year old treaty. at the turn of the century george w. bush pulled out of a nine hundred seventy two pact designed to put the brakes on both countries from

constantly outdoing each other's nuclear forces freed from the shackles of the treaty washington announced the deployment of a missile defense system in europe and there's no better symbol of our desire to work for peace and security than working on a missile defense system a missile defense system that would provide. security for europe for russia having new nukes right on its doorstep posed a new security threat not those when you move you do with the plans to expand certain elements of the missile defense system to europe cannot help but disturb us who needs the next step would be in this case and inevitable arms race. the us missile shield started operating in romania twenty six staying some elements were also deployed in poland and for a long russia's western borders were pretty much taken care of moscow began to respond by modernizing its weapons to match the belittling of the humans and the

position of such weapons provides major advantages and warfare to phenomenal speed make them on still people from missile and defense systems washington wasn't happy at all russia has developed been developing destabilizing weapon systems for more than a decade in direct violation of its treaty obligations ickes ations came in one after another the white house and the country learning of that new threat from russian president warning adverse reason and in the west in particular not to mess with russia a computer. pics of missiles flying over mountains and heading over oceans and he says he's not bluffing and so we got to the point when another nuclear safeguards bit the dust is the world now up for another arms race it might well be a question of when not if the security architecture of the european.

writ large space is a very important thing and the problem is that security architecture is broken there shouldn't be a western front for russian security there shouldn't be an eastern front for european nato these things shouldn't exist at this point in the twenty first century we don't need this class of weapons why don't we just do away with that and find other ways to get along better that don't involve voluntarily you know eliminating classes of weapons and other aspect to this since the us president has been in power it appears withdrawing from london mark agreements has been one of his priorities. i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal the transpacific partnership from the paris. climate accord with the growth with the draw with the draw this is just the latest in the trees there the president united states has been

withdrawing from it's hard to say whether or not president trump has some longer range to go shooting strategy or this is just his leaders also this is really difficult to predict with this president. graveyard soil coffin nails on some revenge oil partly that's what a coven of witches in new york used to place a hex on us supreme court justice brett kavanaugh this past weekend he was recently appointed to the lifetime position after facing sexual misconduct allegations now the event was met with protesters condemning the sorcery despite the witches brew cabinet was not without protection nationwide as well a catholic priest an exercise plan to counter the dark magic by seeing him us kill i'm open for one was spellbound.

so we're here in brooklyn where a group of pagan witches have gathered to place a hex on the newly confirmed supreme court justice brett kavanaugh now in the statement for the event ascension they said that black magic is a mechanism for exacting justice by women who have been wronged by men just like him now the ceremony is taking place in this occult bookstore behind me. now here in liberal brooklyn witchcraft wicca might just be considered be another hobby or fascination but in some parts of the country it's no laughing matter there are schools around the country where the harry potter books are forbidden from the school library because christian parents are offended by the witchcraft content and there's been cases where satanists and wiccan practitioners have gone to court demanding their religious freedom needless to say tonight ceremony did not sit well

with a number of trump supporters it is a scary time right now i mean there's a list of things going on now you've got witches that are placing a head on brett kavanaugh now a catholic priest who's been trained in rome as a bonafide exorcist says he will be conducting a mass to protect brett kavanaugh from the witches he says that witchcraft is not a matter of free speech conjuring up personified evil does not fall under free speech satanic cults often commit crimes they murder and sexually abuse everyone in their cult we decided to talk to some of the people attending the ceremony or gathered outside the bookstore and see how they feel about cursing kavanagh do you think the ceremony tonight will actually impact brett kavanaugh i know it will not but it will make everybody feel like they have accomplished something and you know people need to feel like they've accomplished something possibly could backfire and help brett kavanaugh easily yes i mean they have. trump three times three now it's

so tempting to be doing a little pretty well for guys but heck sometimes i'm hopeful as i i don't want to die i just want him so i be paralyzed the rest of his life so we can talk or something so you're coming out to counter the the witch ceremony it's not an act countering is sincere in the love of god so we just want to say instead of like curses we want to actually view these blessings and we want to show the love of god because we're not about hate because that's what that's about we're showing that we're actually about love i encourage everyone to also go out and register to vote magic is one thing but you know. the polls are another so will brett kavanaugh us ten year on the u.s. supreme court be impacted by tonight's ceremony or is he going to be protected by that catholic mass conducted by an exorcist or is this all just a bunch of silly superstition it means absolutely nothing well like with most spiritual matters there's no way to be absolutely sure but what we can be sure of is that americans are increasingly becoming divided caleb mop and r.t. new york. to another headline stories this hour on t.v.

fracking advocates in northwest england have been demonstrating on a site where the controversial gas extraction method is set to resume on monday after a seven year nationwide. be. on . the site in lancashire is the first to be given the green light to start fracking since operations were suspended in twenty eleven besides environmental costs campaigners have warned of a dangerous thing to earthquakes to be caused by the drilling process involved in trucking last year a number of activists were arrested during a peaceful demonstration and we spoke to one of them. i spent three weeks in prison for a fracking protests we managed to shut down operations like this cracking site every day of the month for a whole month of july. it to me took them over

a year to take me to call. for the action i did i did a piece production i climbed on top of a lorry that was that was delivering crack you meant i stayed up all night nori for eighty four hours three and a half days to get that we stopped a convoy of seven no reason carrying the main training support for the drilling rig it was a deterrent sentence and they were hoping that by putting activists in prison they would. direct action protests against the fracking industry. richard roberts is one of three campaigners charged last september with public nuisance offenses he was sentenced to sixteen months in jail for blocking access to a fracking site now the trio where they first environmental activists to be jailed in the u.k. and almost ninety years on appeal judge slam the ruling as excessive extraordinary and replace the prison terms with conditional discharge is indeed the judge behind

the original sentencing may also face disciplinary action a recent relevation shows that he may have a close connection to the energy industry several members of his family reportedly work for an oil and gas corporation that has prompted calls for the u.k. justice secretary to launch an investigation richard roberts again says the energy lobby goes well beyond this one case. this. is clearly infighting in the industry but nobody wants. communities around the u.k. every running up or cation that was pro-choice every local council around this country was rejected and sometimes you know always by a large majority now we have county councils such as lancashire. who have outright rejected the fracking in the street and yet. returned the station employees in the street and that's why when i was standing on top of a lonely so many cars were going past peeping in support they were waving out their

window south saying keep it up my. people stay out there for them as you can ride with fifty x. or current executives in u.k. government and they have financial interests. will be the one. turning attention to asia where hindu worshipers in southern india are defying a court order to allow women into a major shrine on sunday a group of women tried to enter a temple in kurla but were blocked by crowds of religious conservatives. as long as the temple is here and we have to follow this tradition.

so we will ensure that anybody who wants to go to the people will go without any obstruction nor strict and will be tolerated only nico. splashing out cobb says i'm not a devotee i'm just here to do my job just let me go. then she faces still infected and that's when she is forced to drift on back. to support services. and give a little bit of protest and that we don't look to these talk to the sponsors.

the latest developments on the case of journalist jamal khashoggi next to saudi arabia finally admitted some days ago died during a visit to its consulate in istanbul we got the details about plenty more besides and there are ninety seconds.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. clearly dramatic to follow only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. minutes past eight am here in moscow this monday morning welcome back saudi arabia's foreign minister says the death of journalist jamal khashoggi at its consulate in istanbul was a grave mistake. pujols who did this to us outside the scope of their authority

there obviously was a tremendous mistake made and what compounded the mistake was the attempt to try to cover up that is unacceptable and become from and these things unfortunately happen we want to make sure that those who are responsible are punished quite extraordinary words on a come after on friday riyadh finally admitted that the journalist had died in what they're calling a fist fight inside the consulate the saudi response came after weeks of denials and then on sunday the turkish president died to reveal all the truth behind his shocking death. we are looking for justice and this will be revealed in all its naked truth not through some ordinary steps but in all its naked truth. well so far the u.k. france and germany have issued a joint statement condemning the death of jamal khashoggi calling for a probe the german chancellor as well echoing the church.

firstly we are outraged by this case we made it clear yesterday secondly there is no need for details and those responsible are still not being held accountable thirdly i agree with all those who say that experts which are already limited must not take place in the consequent stances and fourthly further reactions should be internationally coordinated i feel certain that the crown prince was involved in that he directed this and that's why i think we cannot continue to have relations with him would cut off arms sales of the only thing the saudis will listen to very surprising that somebody six thousand miles away can be certain about an event that happened six thousand miles away with no access to information or intelligence with this is a judgment call on the part of senator paul this is not based in fact it's coming out of germany france and britain condemning it in the strongest terms germany's wants to suspend the arms sales even voices inside the u.s.

president republican party are calling for sanctions that not buying what the saudis are selling. now the u.s. midterm elections are near. the state of texas is essential in the center of the political battle. has more now on how attracting voters got the state's democratic party under investigation. never before have the u.s. midterm elections gotten so much attention and they're now just weeks away this november election is more important than any midterm in our lifetime they have to know that going out for the midterms is very important it's almost like going out for the twenty twenty election that's coming up we have a chance to restore some sanity in our politics. such hype in the states is usually only reserved for presidential elections or black friday maybe but this time around we're seeing politicians grappling over every last voter and the great state of texas is no exception texas is traditionally

a staunch republican state. but this year the democrats are stepping up efforts to paint it blue our mission of the texas democratic party is the clear fire of the base permanent infrastructure and of course when elections that means aggressive communications and smart messaging their aggressive communication includes an extensive line of mirch attack means that gifts and the occasional puppy genius until now the texas democratic party are being accused of encouraging under age and now in u.s. citizens to vote after they sent out forms with the boxes saying i'm over eighteen an american pretext for voter convenience and the governor of texas is calling this a big deal this is being investigated if true there will be serious consequences but those serious consequences likely won't fall in the party but those who receive their letters democrats say every mailing had a warning explaining that voting requirements must be met aka you must be a u.s. citizen but was the last time you actually read all of the terms of agreement in

fine print most would say never you just click agree and hope you didn't just sign away your firstborn so it's no wonder people got confused and phones have been ringing off the hook sense the spokesman for the texas secretary of state said in the run up to that deadline they received a pretty large volume of calls someone non-citizens who are wondering whether them a woman that had been some change and they were now in fact able to vote and what about those who didn't bother to check in with the authorities and just decided to wing it well they could find themselves in a whole world of trouble. the texas democrat party unintentionally or otherwise is offering voter registration to non citizens without some form of official intervention confused known citizens rather than the texas dems who end up paying the consequences of this not generally speaking in the election form you're required to check a box and to sign your name if you do both of these things you have committed fraud

and you're prosecutable and certainly subject to expulsion from the united states not being a citizen there is a suspicion you know that many people voted legally because we have a very easy and lax voting laws in this country and we have so many non-citizens living here people who are otherwise you know which will to vote. we believe many of these people do vote because they have a deep seated interest for years the republican party has required or would like to see a requirement of people signing and applying a signature or having some some kind of i.d. to prove who they are so that it marries against registration every country in the world does this and the democrats fight it tooth and nail because. they feel that that this sort of activity will drive down their vote. all right another newspaper in the hot seat next we're checking in with sophie allan coe in moments to join me after that it's for all the latest updates from our

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welcome to kill him sophie shevardnadze there seems to be no end to american involvement in the middle east. but is washington still as powerful a player there as it wants to be today i talked to colonel lawrence wilkerson former chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell. in terms white house is taking its off stance on iraq his powerful advisors are threatening drastic action against iran with the american troops spread across the world powers coming

together to decide the fate of their region can washington hope to continue dictating the future of the middle east. in posturing on the white house lead to real trouble and can it handle yet another unpredictable conflict. colonel lawrence wilkerson former chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell welcome to the show it's great to have you with us again so lately all the important in syria are being decided on car out moscow and tehran the yes which u.s. which once was keen to intervene mostly just watching the show right now is to current white house more cautious than the previous one or just less powerful. i think both white houses obama's and trumps have been with regard to syria in particular cautious i think they're still being cautious in the trumpet ministration but i would remind you that there are some twelve installations if you will lead our u.s.

installations in syria as and that there is no intention to move those elements out of syria until it is one individual from the pentagon put it all iranian elements are out of syria and he added parent that ickle a and isis and other elements like isis or thoroughly defeated so that tells me that regardless of what president trump might want to have as a policy which i think is to eventually leave syria substantially we're there we're very much there was talk more about that what a stick or an american goal in syria because under obama it did seem like american didn't quite know what it wanted to be like factory the strength now what it wants there that's a good question it's a question i ask my students about everything from u.s. russia policy to u.s. policy was are.