just twelve euros fifty. with the u.s. saying it's dropping a landmark nuclear arms treaty with russia president trump's hawkish national security advisor has just wrapped up several high level meetings with russian officials in moscow a live update on the way. journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered. this international pressure grows washington stopped short of repercussions saying any talk of sanctions is premature. and the british prime minister moved the progress is being made on. condemning the intensified pressure being put on to resume.

this is your world news developments right here in the russian capital where donald trump's national security advisor john bolton has just wrapped up the first round of talks this monday on his visit to moscow arrived in the russian capital as president trump announced that he'll be taking the united states out of a nuclear arms treaty with russia also vowing to develop new weapons now prohibited under that pact the treaty was signed back in one thousand nine hundred seventy between the then soviet union and the united states under the agreement all short and mid range nuclear and conventional missiles were eliminated from those launched from the sea set to meet with the russian president on tuesday let's get you up to speed on what's happening right now. across. the meeting with the russian foreign minister and what came out of those talks. was

a long day for the national security adviser. did meet not only with the foreign minister of russia but also with the head of russia's security council and so as a result of those conversations. the u.s. indeed does. i have a clear understanding a better understanding of russia's position on this and of treaty but he still said that while he wants more details and even more detailed understanding of that he also said that the united states and russia have discussed new versions new iterations of this i.n.f. treaty which deadline is set on twenty twenty one so indeed right now it is still doesn't really look clear still it doesn't look like the deal is dead in the water and it looks like the deal could have another chance now to morrow as you've said of course john bolton will be meeting meeting with russia's president vladimir putin and so that could be the decisive moment before the treaty in them.

with what's been the reaction so far it's been coming in steadily during the course of the day take us through some of the. well reaction has been poor in from all over the world really and mostly it has been on the side of the fact that the u.s. shouldn't be released that donald trump should reconsider his word japan has said that while the deal should stand china has warned that any unilateral action on behalf of washington will stock a chain reaction a multilateral chain reaction but one thing to understand about this deal is well some military experts call it very one sided favoring the united states just to cut the long story short they believe that because the concessions that washington has to make in this deal don't really outweigh the what russia has to concede and so for example the former ambassador to russia michael mcfaul has said that he loses if the united states pull out of the deal will be u.s.

european allies and indeed they have reacted for example a french president a mineral mccrone has called the on a treaty key to european stability and he was not the only voice in this quiet after. 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 they believe that the u.s. and russia need to remain engaged in constructive dialogue to preserve the treaty and to ensure. it to ensure its cool and verifiable implementation which of course is crucial for europe's and global security. so ironically as you've heard some factors are pointing out that the united states could really be shooting their allies in the foot level but of course john bolton's visit was preplanned long

before donald trump made his comments was this meeting an exclusively about the nuclear treaty or did other topic come up. oh not at all you talked about they talked about a whole era of things everything from different nonproliferation agreements like chemical or nuclear to the situation in syria and afghanistan to even oil prices and the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi so a lot of has been discussed like for example the situation with sanctions on north korea a very complex and all encompassing meeting really but of course the biggest subject was the i.n.f. treaty. ok got it out of monday's talks thanks very much for that will keep across what i'm trying to stay but for now the. bridge is a security analyst and former u.k. army officer is with us for reaction charles some of the things that we've been hearing from around europe it's been words like concern disappointment regret

through the worry is that a new arms race is on the cards as both the only voice major voice that's counter to that is from britain which is says it standing resolutely behind donald trump's comments how do you are going to play this is going to be as one voice. yes i think probably with the exception of the united kingdom and perhaps a couple of other. more minor present europe who want to show their support for united states whatever then of course the main players in europe. very much invested in this treaty after all this is a treaty designed to limit short and medium range weapons. from which of course it's europe that faces the major threat or didn't do at the time when this was put in place and may do again in the future if the restrictions on these kinds of weapons are lifted after all the united states itself of course has no basis of to be threatened it doesn't have any it's not trying to talk by these kinds of weapons simply because they deal with the shorter range weapons less than five and

a half thousand kilometers in fact britain has of course as might be expected especially from the show it's a very hawkish defense secretary gavin williamson he himself said yesterday that without any doubt that russia is to blame for all of this but as with so many in the united states he hasn't actually produced specific evidence as to in what way russia is in she said violation of this so all reports of that but they have been actually backed up with firm evidence only intelligence now and of course russia has also made similar claims in the past that america in some small ways developmental ways for example has been technically in breach but the interests of all up to now have been to maintain this as a basis for disarmament or something not for nuclear arsenal is actually growing and the threat increasing the main threat of course in all of this is that if a conflict was to break out that this kind of small relatively small nuclear weapons on short range weapons missiles could actually lower the threshold of

nuclear use which could of course undermine the talents and world order and stability generally i think that's the major fear but on the other hand of course as your comment as your reporter mentioned it may be of course that this is. far from this treaty been dead in the water we know donald trump loves to negotiate and it's very dramatic way make dramatic gestures like this as for john bolton he seems to be opposed to any limitations on american power no matter what the circumstances because after all he's also lobbying for the so-called start treaty which expires in a couple of years time as well which governs longer range more heavy armaments nuclear weapons he's lobbying at the moment for that to be abandoned as well i want to ask you do you think this is more about a bit of trump bluster because of the midterm elections coming up next month because then again john bolton is never exactly been the biggest fan of this i.n.f. treaty. exactly right and let's not forget his precedent for this is well george

bush we three united states from the a.b.m. treaty anti-ballistic missile treaty a decade or so ago and again that was why i. believe to be really could've bought upon a new nuclear arms race which is what this is about i mean donald trump of course we know he's a negotiation style we know that he makes these dramatic gestures and then backpedal us in an effort to see perhaps get some new deal under way and it looks like he's perhaps even do not with iran of course he's tried it with korea with some degrees of success and it might be another example here that's particular case of course because some in america have some justifiable i think concerns that china for example is not covered by this pact this treaty and of course china even though there's no evidence that it has so far developed such weapons of course to develop such a base weapons that would perhaps threaten in america's few perhaps american bases in the region america wouldn't under this treaty be able to actually construct its

own weapons to counter that or at least to offer some kind of deterrent and so therefore course it does look like something from some perspectives that he's actually looking for a new treaty that might include china and others and of course i think the russians from their comments today. we are very aware that there is a possibility that behind the scenes actually what's needed is a new all embracing perhaps more comprehensive treaty we'll have to wait and see if we get more details of what happened this monday in the talk perhaps we'll know which way the land now lies for another child shubert in london thanks for that. next this hour donald trump's son in law and adviser jared for the white house is still in a fact finding phase as it looks into the murder of saudi dissident journalist jamal khashoggi. do you trust the saudis to investigate themselves i mean we're getting facts in from multiple places and then once those facts come in the secretary of state will work with our national security team to help us determine

what we want to believe and what we think is credible and what we think is not credible saudi arabia's foreign minister says the outspoken columnist was killed by a rogue operation at its consulate in istanbul and called it a tremendous mistake however washington isn't rushing with any repercussions as medina culture never explains. after weeks of denying it saudi arabia confirms jamal khashoggi was murdered inside its consul eight and estimable individuals who did this to this outside the scope of their authority obviously was a tremendous mistake made and what compounded the mistake was the attempt to try to cover up that is unacceptable and because from until these things unfortunately happen we want to make sure that those who are responsible are punished they val's those responsible or will be punished but will saudi arabia face anywhere precautions so do your abuse admission is a good first step but not enough it would be premature to come and sanctions until we get further down the investigation doesn't look like it it's premature you might

wonder why am murder case of such as counting proportions isn't immediately punished remember this creepy poisoning well here is the reaction that emerged just hours after the initial reports is highly likely that russia was responsible we do polls russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder is kate is culpable quarrel is with putin's kremlin we think overwhelmingly you likely that it was his decision and days later the diplomatic fallout was at a level rarely seen before saying sions expulsion of russian diplomats and more sanctions pushing us from time to time certain steps are being taken in my view. espy's of the russia including sanctions on very contrived reasons without any evidence provided of russia allegedly using chemical weapons so there's no evidence what steps are being taken against russia and now we see

a murder in istanbul what you know steps are being taken we need to sort out our single approach to cases like these people in the washington chimed in then so want stopping them now clearly rebbie has been a great ally they are ordering military equipment everybody in the world one of that order we got it and we are all of it every bit of it i don't like stopping massive amounts of money that's being poured into our country spending one hundred ten billion dollars on military and what the. thing is that created jobs like jobs and others for this country while europe and even some american senators who believe arms sales and need to be stopped by some of firstly we're outraged by this case we made it clear secondly there is an urgent need for details and those responsible are still not being held accountable and thirdly i agree with all those who say that arms exports which are already limited must not take place in current

circumstances and fourthly further reaction should be internationally coronated i feel certain that the crown prince was involved in it he directed this and that's why i think we cannot continue to have relations with him i would cut off arms sales it's the only thing the saudis will listen to but trump is adamant it's a big first step it's only a first step but it's a big first but i would prefer that we don't use retribution cancelling one hundred ten billion dollars worth of work which means six hundred thousand jobs the turkish president to promise a super reveal all the ugly truth on tuesday. what we are looking for justice here and this will be revealed in all its naked truth not through some. ordinary steps but in all its naked truth a question is will this finally be enough to trigger a reaction from the white house. the pentagon has defended its airstrike on

a mosque in syria last friday saying that it was targeting islamic state militia militants inside reports say that dozens of civilians were killed in the attack in dirigible province the syrian foreign ministry is now calling for international organizations to step in over the u.s. led coalition's ongoing campaign r.t. senior correspondent when i got has the details the massacres the united nations to get involved to investigate these u.s. led coalition airstrikes sixty odd civilians dead reportedly worth an investigation no which the pentagon is already preempting it wasn't their fault see that all these civilians died when they bombed a mosque it was isis's fault because the islamists went to a mask. such dire misuse of the mosque is another example of their violation of the law of war and made the mosque a valid military target interesting reasoning by the same logic if isis fighters get treated the civilian hospital the us is well within its rights to level it but

this sort of trigger happy attitude is costing hundreds of lives in july u.s. led coalition airstrikes on villages and did as sort of syria killed as many as fifty four people according to various human rights organizations dozens of them being women and children the pentagon men admitted that it may have carried out these airstrikes promised to investigate which they seem to do often nowadays you are some true command is adamant it's as strikes clearly hit the intended target as a survivor pulled from the rubble after the powerful attack from the air syrians are describing it as a massacre according to syrian monitoring group activists and rescue workers in march two thousand and seventeen at least forty six people were killed in another u.s. air strike on a mosque near aleppo during prayer time no less but it was packed with locals and

fighters alike or if you go with the u.s. version they actually targeted a separate building fifteen meters away which doesn't make an awful lot of difference when it comes to the sort of bombs we're talking about here we could go on and on with these examples but regardless the u.s. mission in syria was to destroy isis a great a good mission accomplished the president said so the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred percent of the territory will do a great job with those as we have just absolutely decimated isis so why airstrikes targeting isis as they say still killing scores of civilians why isn't the u.s. with. during from syria but rather occupying and fortifying vast tracts of the country solidifying their influence any number of reasons isis which they say is already defeated iran which they want to contain russia which they want to

challenge or oil which they want to control and if a few civilians die along the way well that's just collateral the investigation assess that although all feasible precautions were taken unintended civilian casualties regrettably occurred. over the past hour or so the british prime minister has been given a hard time over her date and has been very much forced onto the defensive theresa may said the talks are now ninety five percent complete but opposition m.p.'s have been slamming the idea of extending negotiations with brussels the p.m.'s been under serious pressure this past week from both those opposing breaks it and also leave supporters too as our correspondent mr c. churkin reports from westminster. we're seeing quite a mulcher was times four to resubmit during this week specifically seen as quite a crucial one for her premiership we do know that just throughout the last couple

of weeks we have seen many reports suggesting that a potential revolt is brewing within the conservative party and speculation has been quite right that she could be faced with a no confidence vote and indeed all of this comes amidst major dissatisfaction with the way to resolve me according to those who oppose her position has been handling brags that and in order for any kind of no confidence vote to be triggered we need to see forty eight letters sent in by conservative party members to the conservative party chairman and again rumor has been going around westminster that they are actually said to be just several letters away from reaching that number. this week the reason why you will find the cheese drinking in the last chance saloon and the bad news for her is that the bar is already dry she's fast running out of throat if she cannot command the support of her cabinet her party or parliament more fundamental change will inevitably follow i cannot continue to

support an administration that cannot function in what could be seen as a quiet frenzy of damage control we've seen this weekend theresa may published an op ed where she tried to convince the british people that she has things under control and that she will deliver the breck set that she has been promising despite all of this chaos that has been unraveling and people questioning whether or not she's been is she going to be able to do it we have also been seeing her addressing the house of commons trying to calm some anxieties there however how efficient that was is a bit of a question citizens every word on bricks it was anticipated a mixture of denial and delusion the prime minister says that ninety five percent of the deal is done previously. told us nothing is agreed until everything is agreed which is it the prime minister returns to their homes to do commerce homes

are totally humiliated the prime minister is humiliated unharmed strong by the extreme but i expect tears in order to hear the extreme bricks or tears of the government benches are holding the u.k. turn around sooner leading us all to the brink of a catastrophic nor deal the prime minister comes before us today with nothing but jargon and rhetoric the position we're in is that ninety five percent of withdrawal agreement as i said has been agreed the point is you know of this is finally agrees until the leaders look at the package and agree the whole package together hence the nothing is agreed until everything is agree on the car going to split three ways to split at least seven ways and any solution she comes up with half a computer will think she got two for the house and go forward when will she realize she completely lost control of the situation the majority of members of the public regardless of what they voted in the referendum actually now have

a very simple message to all of us in this house is let's just get on with it and the despite a recent me they're trying to save face and explain to m.p.'s that according to her as many as ninety five as much as ninety five percent of that withdrawal agreement has been reached it is clear that there is lots of tension anxiety and questions about whether or not she's going to be able to deliver a broad set that is actually going to be working for the u.k. and you know this this tension and anxiety has also just within the last days spilled from within political chambers but also out onto the streets where we saw on saturday hundreds of thousands of protesters take to the streets of london demanding a second brags that referendum because there are. essentially not happy with the way things stand now but we do know of course that to me. me has said time and time again that there would be no second referendum that the people has voted and the decision is what it is but the big question now is whether or not teresa means

actually going to be able to continue to make those decisions on behalf of the british people given all of these latest developments. a lot of reaction now from tom brokaw's he's a leading academic in the u.k. on law and government studies welcome back to our difficult evening for to resume in the commons i guess he sold his coming of coles why is she under so much pressure from all quarters at the time. i think she's under enormous pressure from all quarters because she is as some of the speakers in the house of commons are saying earlier she's pleasing the one she's got folks who are in her cabinet like boris johnson who think that the bricks that she claims she will deliver is not really the praxis the lead is the leader of the vote leave campaign she's got folks who are work for remain like she was during the referendum campaign if you think she's going too far on the other side and she

says that it's going to difficult middle position between them not able to satisfy either those who are poor or leave it would seem or those who are who are for remain and with out to the end i think what she's done she's drawn so many red lines about all the things that she interpreted the referendum and at the start of the negotiations it's really boxster in that she's really has no negotiating room other than continuing to plead right now for brussels to change its view in order for there to be a deal because there's nothing it seems she's willing to give up which is a very bad position to be in for herself politically and it's also of course very bad for the u.k. it's almost an impossible position she's got a bitterly divided country that she's prime minister all this bitterly divided parliament and even her own party and. the conservatives if there's one thing that's going to have them apart and put that leader out to dry it's going to be something over europe is she going to be able to see this through to bret's it day . i strongly doubt it i find it

impossible to see her surviving much longer i would be shocked if she made it to christmas and i'm certain she won't make it to march she had a tall order as someone who supported remain who called that snap election to hopefully thinking in her mind that she was going to really do serious damage labor party build a much bigger majority and get a lot of her program through that backfired spectacularly and her leading a minority government losing a majority and so it was really in a weakened position and i think right now it's unclear other than herself who really does support the checkers plan that she is kind of holding herself so steadfastly. alongside it seems really not much of anyone and i think not much of the public so she's in a very difficult position it's unclear how she could get herself out it's also i think to be fair to bill to see what's another tory leader would bring to the mix

arguably someone who might be even more for strong leave i mean will they all thought like boris johnson michael gove andrea led some other senior tory leaders they all said the brics it was about getting a better deal with the european union it wasn't about getting no deal with european union or not being able to get deals were extended transition periods or what about on the remains side you've got other m.p.'s in the tories and elsewhere that are very much for remain or for holding on to their vote with the public but there were in kind of uncharted territory referendums and one thing the u.k. is has had much experience of and and some will say this is a good reason why if you get some practice in now it's alright tobruk professor of government at the university thanks for that. graveyard soil coffin nails and some revenge oil that's what a coven of witches in new york's used to place a hex on the u.s. supreme court justice brett kavanaugh this past weekend he was recently appointed

to the lifetime position after facing sexual misconduct allegations the event was met with protesters condemning the sorcery while a catholic priest an exorcist attempted to counter the dark magic by saying a mass killing more pain 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 essentially 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 we can 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 no 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 people years yes i mean he. trouble three times three now what it's so tempting to be doing the little pretty well for guys but heck sometimes in hope. i don't i don't want to die i just want him so a be paralyzed the rest of his life so he can't offer 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 add see if these blessings and we want to show to 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 is 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 of so much to can follow that is there for a look from moscow this hour thanks very much for watching we'll be back to you on our developing stories this monday the nuclear treaty talks in moscow on the brics a debate that's finished in the past hour or so in westminster it's a reason why busy trying to convince m.p.'s and she's got everything in hand i'm calling right this is all to international.