and a threat to russia and china donald trump says he would expand his country's nuclear arsenal until people come to their senses. here in the agreement should have been done years ago but still people. will build it up the u.s. president earlier announced the washington intends to pull out of a key nuclear arms agreement with russia provoking a mixed reaction from european allies. saudi arabia admits dissident journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered in its concha let in istanbul but his international pressure grows washington holds off on punitive measures saying any talk of sanctions is premature. the british prime minister tries to convince parliament the progress is being made on break sits well some m.p.'s condemn the intensified pressure being put on to reason made.

by those one am tuesday the twenty third of october my name calling very welcome if you will news from r.t. international first for you this hour donald trump has thrown down the threats to russia and china pledging to build up the united states nuclear arsenal until quote people come to their senses it comes shortly after he declared that the u.s. will pull out of a key cold war era missile treaty with moscow. yes out of here to the agreement they should have been done years ago but still people come to this that we have more money than anybody else by far we'll build it up but until they come to this that when they do then we'll all be barred at the top and by the way not only will we do which i would love to do but right now they have not yet here to the agreement the treaty in question the i.m.f.

or the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty of one thousand nine hundred eighty seven it were strix what kind of nuclear weapons can be constructed it essentially outlaws short range and intermediate range nuclear weapons nuclear missiles from being constructed it was signed back in one thousand nine hundred seven it was seen as a key moment in ending the cold war deescalating the conflict between the usa and the soviet union now we know john bolton is at this moment in russia he has already met with the russian foreign minister as well as the russian national security council he is speaking rather vaguely about the possibility of a new treaty being negotiated and he isn't exactly clear on what the united states is going to do he's not using that bold type of language that we are hearing from trump the united kingdom has spoken up in support of this action by the united states saying that the usa is right to make this move but throughout the european union we are hearing a disappointment with this statement we have here different e.u. countries represented opposing this action referring to it as regrettable let's

take a listen to some of what's been said the announcement by the u.s. that it's going to withdraw from the i.m.f. a cool it is regrettable the i.n.f. agreement has been important pillar of all 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 to believe that the u.s. and russia need to remain engaged in constructive dialogue to preserve the treaty and to ensure. sure it's cool. entity shy of an implementation. for europe's security so the fact that a thirty year old treaty is now in question a treaty that was key in ending the cold war and the nuclear arms race this point still rising level of tension between the united states and russia and a former advisor to donald trump's presidential campaign told us the emerging arms control crisis stemmed from a deep misunderstanding between the united states and russia when i worked in the

pentagon in one nine hundred ninety three one thousand nine hundred four during the clinton administration there was you know we were doing a lot of work on so many other bilateral treaties between the u.s. and russia and these are really critical. agreements between our two countries and i think again the misunderstanding surrounding the campaign transition team trump administration myself and the misunderstandings between our two countries going back many decades is reflective of these deep problems between our two countries and it's unfortunate that we have this current stumbling block but i'm hoping through perseverance on both sides will be able to work through it. as calls grow for saudi arabia to be punished over the death of journalist jamal khashoggi donald trump's son in law an advisor jabbered cushman has said that the white house is still in the fact finding phase of the investigation. 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 claims 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 to impose any penalties on its ally those but in the culture never explained after weeks of denying it saudi arabia confirms jamal khashoggi was murdered inside its consul eight and estimable the vigils who did this to us 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 if you come from and these things unfortunately happen we want to make sure that those who are responsible are punished they val's

those responsible will be punished but will saudi arabia face any rep recursions so do your abuse admission is a good first step but not enough it would be premature to come undone 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 town being proportions isn't immediately punished remember this 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 all quarrel is with putin's kremlin and 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 should be seen from time to time certain steps are being. taken by the

u.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 but you know steps are being taken we need to sort out our single approach to cases like these but washington chimed in then so once stopping them now. 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. firstly we're outraged by this case

we've made it clear secondly there is an urgent need for details and those responsible are still not being held accountable 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 assume reveal all the ugly truth on tuesday. what we are looking for justice here and this will be revealed in all its naked. 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. political analyst house anally believes that given the apparent extent of riyadh's involvement there must be repercussions he says that if there aren't it sets a dangerous precedent we're going to see whether it's rogue on not clearly the or saudi arabia in turkey knew what was going on which by extension means that the government knew what was going on and the only reason that nothing's happening is because he is currently the darling of the united states administration more specifically the trumpet ministration the british government decided that it was russia that it done this attack on the script files immediately the fingers of the world were pointing at russia over here there is actual evidence those were livid and that was malice of forethought in the killing of the road or not rocket it was malice and it was connected directly to the government the problem is that this

goes against humanity this goes against human rights and it's a very very bad precedent. the pentagon has defended an air strike on a mosque in syria last friday saying that it was targeting islamic state militants inside reports though suggest that dozens of civilians were killed in the attack india it's all province the syrian foreign ministry is now calling for international organizations to step in over the u.s. led coalition's ongoing campaign senior correspondent as 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 is fault because the islamists went to a mosque. 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 in 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 command is adamant it's strikes clearly hit the intended target 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 if we could go on and on with these examples but regardless the u.s. mission in syria was to destroy isis a greater 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 fortified 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 defer few civilians die along the way well that's just collateral the investigation assessed that although all feasible precautions were taken unintended civilian casualties regrettably occurred security and political analyst among the shall be told us that the us led coalition's aims in syria are not limited to fighting terrorists i think that the american operations are on one hand claiming to be fighting isis and on the other hand finding all kinds of you know maneuvers to let isis get away with it because the presence of eyes is the continued presence of these small pockets of eyes that

can be used for by the americans and their coalition forces their western coalition as a pretext to remain in syria and remain in in control of parts of the country where they can put pressure on the syrian government and that is actually what's happening there and now there are acting in a way benefiting from the fact that media attention is elsewhere and bombing indiscriminately killing innocent civilians and thinking that they can get away with it here the syrian government stepped in and asked for a probe and i think this probe should be for all actions done in syria throughout the fight from the beginning you're with r.t. international the u.k. to battle prime minister face a tough round of questions from m.p.'s on the state of directed negotiations a few hours ago to get you up to speed on that after the break.

it's official now jamal khashoggi died in the saudi consulate in turkey on october second the person or persons responsible for his death is yet to be determined but one thing is certain this tragic story is. definitely on the dollar as a camp they are boarding goal they're building a goal play two d.

dollar rise they are looking for the dollar to trade significantly lower. back the british prime minister in jordan all round grilling by m.p.'s on monday evening as she tried to update parliament on the state of talks with brussels to resume a said the deal is now ninety five percent complete but m.p.'s in a room party of shoppy criticized the idea of extending the transition period beyond twenty twenty the pm has been under serious pressure this past week from both those opposing breakfast and leave supporters as well honest to see a check in a reports next from westminster. we're seeing quite to 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 resign 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 drawing i cannot continue to support an administration that cannot function well in what could be seen as quite a frenzy of damage control we've seen this weekend to reset me 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 the brics talks are not about my interests they are about the national interest and the interests of the whole of the united kingdom every word on brics it was anticipated a mixture of denial and delusion the conservative party has spent the past two years arguing with itself instead of negotiating a sense. simple deal nobody knows absolutely what the result will be the best outcome for the u.k. is a good deal but we continue to prepare for the possibility of a new two year old the prime minister returns to their homes to do commerce homes

are totally humiliated to the extreme by actually two years of the government benches are holding the u.k. turn around soon leaving us all to the brink of a catastrophic nor deal the prime minister comes before us to deal 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 agreed her car going to split three ways . split at least seven worries when will she realize she completely lost control of the situation despite a recent me they're trying to save fifty cent explain to m.p.'s that according to her as many as ninety five as much as ninety five percent of the 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 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 but we do know of course that to recently 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 to resign means actually going to be able to continue to make those decisions on behalf of the british people given all of these latest developments i discussed to resume a position with tom brooks who's a leading academic on law and government studies at durham university he believes that the only way out for to reach a bay is to change his stance on bricks it. 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 for i think for the u.k. the only way out of it for her i think it would be to change some of her red lines citic a deep breath admit that she's made some mistakes call for a coalition of national unity which should have been done eighteen months or more ago and request that extension but i think that in itself while the right thing to do as a matter of statesmanship i think is also affect the political suicide for her certainly as a tory. with the u.s. midterm elections neighbored the state of texas has found itself in the political epicenter of the crucial poll examining how encouraging voters has not had the state's democratic party in hot water is jacqueline booga. 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 it'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 clear fire up the base permanent infrastructure and of course when election that means aggressive communications and smart messaging. 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.

distance 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 one of 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 code somewhere non-citizens who were 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 are 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 i was able 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 applying

a signature or having some some kind of id 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 this sort of activity will drive down their vote. and that should news for now thanks for checking in with us see this our show and tell us how she covered with the next level updates in just over thirty five minutes. with manufacture consensus. when the. project themselves. the final merry go round if. we can. more middle of the

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