not adhere to the agreement that should have been done years ago but still people come to this center we have more money than anybody else by far we'll build it up. donald trump threatens to ramp up america's nuclear capabilities after vowing to scrap a decades old disarmament treaty with russia. plus the saudi crown prince and the u.s. treasury secretary stressed the importance of bilateral relations despite international outrage at the killing of a dissident saudi journalist. and a british man says the u.s. army after being exposed to toxic chemicals while working as a contractor at

a military base we speak to the whistleblower. it was and through the goal of this risk you're trying to present you are above the earth when i was just a bunch of useful just system medical checks and as. he just said there was as one of them just look at his delightful. good morning and welcome to a live news update here on our team trash thanks for joining us this hour. donald trump has threatened to build up the united states nuclear arsenal until quote people come to their senses he earlier vowed to scrap a nuclear treaty with russia that's been in force for almost three decades. right 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. and by the way not only will we do 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 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 countries represented opposing this action referring to it as regrettable let's take a listen to some of what's been said. we regret the withdrawal announcement by the u.s. we see this treaty is a very important instrument of arms control and one that says european interests and that for which you have an interest as well. as i think it has also become clear this we can that nato will have to address the issues terribly including at the upcoming meeting next week and germany will actively contribute to the discussion because we stand in favor of the preservation of this treaty and we stand for a working design makan is an europe that is our goal we hope the usa will avoid withdrawing believe that the u.s. and russia. 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 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. dario revolt a former italian m.p. and international relations analyst says trump won't listen to europe as he's looking to his own country's mid-term elections over the voice. of them out on the same way the fact is that mr trump looks to be less attentive to what european i've seen king about it and so i'm not so sure that european the voice or the voice of the different european counties can convince him. to get back we have to add one other thing that most probably the most that we had reason for we should trump i made that statement is due to the media there are many actions

that we are going to he's going to have in beginning november and. i think that more than the forty international rezone it was a huge internal reasons that this season. this season of american arrived. as the killing of dissidents saudi journalist jamal khashoggi continues to send shock waves around the globe u.s. treasury secretary steven nugent has met with the heir to the saudi throne crown prince muhammad bin psalm on they both stressed the importance of their country strategic partnership the talks come amid outrage directed at the saudis after they confirm the murder of khashoggi at their consulate in istanbul many countries are now reassessing their arms exports to saudi arabia the u.s. however remains committed to its multibillion dollar deals with the gulf monarchy is medina question of all with the details. after weeks of denying it saudi arabia confirms jamal khashoggi was murdered inside its consul eight and estimable

individuals 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 and because i'm into 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 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 creep poisoning well here is the reaction that emerged just hours after the initial reports is highly likely that russia was responsible to the polls russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder is kate is

culpable 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 pushing us from time to time certain steps are being taken by the us 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 no steps are being taken we need to sort out our single approach to cases like these. washington chimed in then so what's 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 equipment and or things that create jobs like jobs and others for this country while europe and even some american senators who believe arms sales and need to be stopped. so in the snow this you look at them and trust it to the tap and then consolidate consulate in talking it must be cleared up as long as not cleared up there will be no trying to. i assure you of that 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 i would cut off arm sales it's the only thing the saudis a 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 promises to reveal all the ugly truth on tuesday. 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 a question is will this finally be enough to trigger a reaction from the white house. former u.s. congressman ron paul says the u.s. isn't eager to shift its attitude towards the saudis which remain a major ally the main time we have to deal with the problems we're talking about today what is the united states going to do in retaliation to a murder and a killing that nobody clearly completely understands at the same time trying to preserve no i answered with a government that some of us now have become very unhappy about and there is a shift in the south and in the country against the saudis but i'm sort of cynical in the fact that i don't think it's going to change overall policy i don't

think if they come up with some way of punishing the saudis i don't think any year or two or three that we're not going to be on the same side as the saudis i just don't think they're going to do away with that though they'll cover it up so one way or another the deep state the people who control the military industrial complex. in the banking system they're very very powerful and i just don't see i know next month they're going to vote no more weapons in the more closely working with saudi arabia i just don't think that alliance is going to go away this is all about politics it's all about money is all about selling weapons it's all about this coalition against iran and the coalition against russia. a british man is suing the u.s. army after he was exposed to a dangerous chemical substance on a military base his latest test results confirm a high level of cadmium in his blood the first hearing on the case is due to take

place later this week the substance cadmium can cause cancer and it also affects the central nervous system it is one of six hazardous substances that were banned in the e.u. to protect human and environmental health david says that his colleagues were exposed to even higher levels of cadmium than he was. i have not received or medication for stress or high blood pressure and other ongoing things i want to know that i am not ill i do not have some ticking bomb inside my body be my colleagues are still working on site they really cannot see anything they have higher blood cadmium level than i did it goes and through the body it's risky to try to that it was and to your other parts of your body it could take a month a year it could take up to five years but be in a house that janet is very windy weather is a small part or a lot of like we worked on the floor for two weeks without any protection and may

last year david who was a contractor was inspecting equipment at the base the boxes were covered in a white dust but no warning was given as to the nature of the powder staffer working with no protective gear and it wasn't until a year later that the u.s. army admitted the mistake and told him it was cadmium. we know we won't earn your trust if we don't perform better so will the contractor has redoubled efforts in safety training and proper methods for receiving processing handling and cleaning items there are possibly contaminated with cadmium only a year later to be fighting no. this is had been a problem ongoing with the u.s. army going back to two thousand and eight when i asked about who's going to assist on medical checks that they just simulated whatever just not here not is not my problem go see someone else it was like i hope it will be in class from one to

another to another until i eventually had to go to my own doctors myself and pay for all my own medical expenses we breathed this kind of been and we don't know what's happening to us it'll happen when all happen and how bad it will be no one no one seems to give no one is cheating responsibility no one is assisting us the managers have said we are helping them and put them through a medical they have done nothing we have had to fight just have a blood tested everyone is ducking and diving a no one is teaching responsibility. the u.s. army and the firms involved are yet to respond to our request for comment but update us as we hear from them. a city near johannesburg in south africa is said to be the first to implement a land reform act known as expropriation without compensation last month the city council voted in favor of redistributing farm lands from the white minority which

is meant to correct the historic injustices of apartheid investigative reporters her predecessor has more on how this reform has started a bitter debate across the country you can watch the full report on youtube. throughout the way from this very for training given by a former israeli soldier a white farmer. the farmers feel that they're under attack and that they need to protect themselves. because it's about. and. unfortunately. you feel that you're more a talk because of your skin color. skin. if you have there's a white genocide taking for sure for sure hysteria around farm attacks has been ramped up the same time as a real risk to the interests of white farmers has emerged that of widespread laundry for the one nine hundred thirty native land act forcibly stripped on from

black people a policy which was later reinforced by apartheid but now the ruling a.n.c. are considering amending the constitution to allow for the expiration of land from white landowners without compensation it's not the end see though but these guys judy slim as economic freedom fighters who have pushed the issue onto the agenda we want to take. when value leggy took over a moment x. idea for a soldier training and they train white farmers to defend themselves against attacks they think that taking men to was. well going to sit down with them while going to give them ten times. this country's racist race as being black. is the leader of an

even more radical group pushing for laundry for black first first they're taking matters into their own hands by occupying vacant. our very own now. only the black people in south africa have little larks are still around but many are forced to live in poverty stricken informal settlement like this one term barely just south of johannesburg they live in the shadows of society and have little access to basic services when it rains. you wonder quanah where you can stand because the water's coming in fact nouns but good government so i just believe our government they just make sure why people leave their lives in peace and get people to manage to do it we did heads of chicken and feet of chicken who is a drumstick. why people. know we want our drumsticks

one denies a problem the chicken has. we're back after this short break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is also a scary dramatic development the only engages i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. to. come back the pentagon has defended an air strike on a mosque in syria last friday saying it was targeting islamic state militants inside reports suggest more than sixty civilians were killed in the attack and bears are province the syrian foreign ministry is now calling for international

organizations to intervene in the u.s. led coalition's ongoing campaign. brings us the details. damascus wants 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 mosque. such dashed 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 us led

coalition airstrikes on villages in did a 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. airstrike 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 we've done 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 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 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 isis can be used 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 the probe and i think this probe should be for all actions done in syria throughout the fight from the

beginning. in germany thousands have signed a petition against a website where students are encouraged to report politically biased teachers the online portal neutral schools was first launched by the far right party and it was designed to assess whether teachers are breaking neutrality rules by revealing their political tendencies the critics say it echoes one of the country's darkest chapters in a society explains. under pressure to perform in the classroom nevis about the fun talking about students had that teaches the south because in germany teachers political views can now be reported on by students anonymously beyond the immigrants all tend to fit to me posses that type of bel-air to monitor what they call let's call the trouble to make tons and tons of books because we found that quite a lot of teachers obviously not all teachers but quite

a lot of teachers. tend to convey a bias against all party. to their pupils and students school should be a neutral place ok situation wanted to be in your country and should not be a biased place against one party or another according to the f.d.a. example since those are different things to be educated criticizing days happen wearing t. shirts with anti party slogans or encouraging children to take part in the protests to prove that point to the largest opposition party in the band the stark raving publishing concerns of disgruntled students claiming that conservatives these may affect their grades a student who like me needs very good grades is better off not expressing himself politically in school in germany a student with conservative views is muzzled since its launch the portal has received a huge response from teachers button unexpected one because some want to be that

listed voluntarily we will inform our students when members and officials of your party run racist anti-semitic or anti-democratic activities that endanger our peaceful coexistence and society we would be honored if you could put our names on their list of denunciations the countries justice minister has condemned the practice comparing it to the methods of the notorious form the secret police in a scam me the pope. he says it's merely advocating jamie's preexisting neutrality bill but others say it made mention of putting the ball but the side of the classroom really placed the politics well they don't seem to think say we don't want to bomb any teacher we want to create trouble we don't want to make life bearable for them but we want schools to be a good cool place i don't think a political party should be launching such a online portal i think that they don't want to just speak openly about nazi

history of german and they want to stop that they want their version of political history to be taught in classroom throughout germany that's our breakdown of the day's top headlines for now thanks for tuning up. when else should seem wrong. well just don't call. me. yet to see how it just did become educated and gain from it because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. zia's says harlan kentucky. overboard this move the boy

says he was going to st funny using. a co money since he would almost no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal was a said i'd. love to see these people as survivors of a world disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in a million years i would see that and it's happening it's happened. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see if it.

this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact upon all of us i'm part children washington thank you so much for joining we're glad you're on board coming up today german chancellor angela merkel is making news today on two fronts hillary ford what's the ostrov market standing by to take a look at the latest plus over the weekend president trump spoke about pulling out of yet another agreement this one dealing with nuclear weapons we'll get to the latest with mr trump's national security adviser had a meeting in moscow with his national security counterparts and what should we make of a trumpet ministration poll out of these trade deals environmental treaties and now potentially

a nuclear weapons we'll talk through it with an all star panel plus what could turn out to be the largest oil spill ever maybe fourteen years old and getting worse with age are to have insured gives us the latest on the debacle in the gulf of mexico and we take a look at women in business around the world and in the u.s. dr jean say that all all of that directly ahead but first we had some headlines let's go. to the drama surrounding the new italian government budget process seems to be moving into the second act as prime minister conti's says he will press forward despite red flags from the european commission and a major credit rating agency on friday moody's investors service took note of mounting uncertainty and seeming instability in the latest mediterranean monetary melodrama downgraded to tell you a sovereign debt to one tier above junk movies also signal they did not expect to downgrade further that assessment came after brussels had. again word to tell you

and leaders to abandon their camp pain pledges to voters on spending the european commission is push to use states to keep budget deficits below two percent g.d.p. for his part the prime minister seems defying it here's what he had to say in rome or that my leaps. for that is no change no way to get to it there's no way to get out of it. and updating a story we brought to you last week there are new developments in the fight between general electric's and siemens for lucrative contracts to upgrade iraq's electricity generation last week u.s. space g e seem to have taken the entire prize from siemens a germany but now it appears looks like there will be more business for both corporations in the war torn iraq the german firm says they will.