century ready to go and like the lottery winner that blows it all here we are twenty eight st having kind of flown. europe and its transatlantic allies canada and the u.s. appear i'm willing to reconsider weapons sales to saudi arabia in the wake of the king of the killing of the kingdoms dissident journalist. donald trump stressing the importance to the american economy of arms deals with riyadh. saudi arabia's bit of really great our i think one of the biggest of russia's baby the biggest investor in the trick. they are doing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of

investment. ecuador announces it will no longer negotiate with u.k. authorities over the fate of wiki leaks founder julian assange and i whether ecuador's former president tells r.t. he feels his country is obliged to protect him now nice. to see so he's not just. out. on his feed an oil leak in the gulf of mexico that's been ongoing for fourteen years could become the worst environmental disaster in american history. hello good afternoon welcome it's just gone four pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international key european powers refusing to cancel multibillion dollar arms sales

to saudi arabia in the wake of the killing of dissident journalist. he was murdered in the kingdom's concha listening stumble at the beginning of october only germany so far as to end its weapons deals with riyadh when french president was asked about his intentions he became irritated and refused to answer the question. i don't have to react to every single statement so i won't answer that question. if you are interested in the issues related to this event. but this is not suppressed . it's not a press conference to react to the german chancellor. i mean all that has nothing to do with this event nothing and. nothing so i want let's put some context on that front says one of the biggest sellers of defense in all this equipment in the world and saudi arabia is one of its biggest clients despite the

fact the president has tried to play down the trade relations between the two countries the figures don't lie between two thousand and eight and two thousand and seventeen deals with more than twelve billion dollars was struck between the two countries but it seems that doesn't want to have a discussion about that nor a discussion about suspending those possible deals between the two countries and that seems to be a similar thing that we're hearing in this space where they have said that they will not deal with saudi arabia that's worth two billion dollars. on the taken by the previous government which correspond to the demands of international national especially considering the u.n. resolution if you meant that i am the head of the government. of legal security that permission to comply with international obligations and it will be well it seems that that's a similar view that's being taken by the canadians now they have deals with saudi

arabia that are worth almost twelve billion dollars and the prime minister there just in food has said that these more concerned about the cancellation fee which is around one billion dollars if they decide not to go ahead with that contract then roll that than holding saudi arabia to account for the killing of journalist that. it is only acceptable and only thinkable that someone could have murdered a journalist on foreign soil like this i do not want to leave canadians holding a billion dollar bill because we're trying to move forward on doing the right thing seems not much also coming from beginning to kingdom which is the second biggest supplier of arms to saudi arabia just behind us with heels worth around fifteen billion dollars now the idea of sanctions was a muted by the foreign secretary jeremy hunt but no clear indication of what those

sanctions could be over whether they'll be applied when prime in the situations are made with questions about this to a prime minister's questions all she said is that she will. of saudi arabia no concrete inspiration would be sanctions against the country it seems that they were germany is the only country it's going alone and putting its neck out in suspending and canceling these contracts. the arabia claims because saudi was killed in a fistfight to president asserted that the journalist had been murdered in a very violent manner that was politically motivated what he called a pre-planned operation by the saudis he added that all those responsible would be brought to justice meanwhile the u.s. remains the biggest exporter of arms to saudi arabia while condemning the cover up of console g.'s murder donald trump stressed the economic importance of continued weapons sales to rio. the cover up was one of the worst in the history of cover ups

. so it really is a bit of really great out there that one of the biggest investors maybe the biggest investor in the country. they are doing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of investments and you know so many jobs so many. thousands and thousands of jobs they've been funding go a lot of things what americans i think don't understand is that the relationship that we have with the saudis is based entirely on money they sell us oil we sell them weapons and we pretend that we're friends we pretend that we have a special relationship in fact we don't have a special relationship it's transactional nothing but transactional and then we choose to overlook their fundamentalism don't forget that fifteen of the nineteen nine eleven hijackers were saudis don't forget that saudi n.g.o.s and governmental organizations were implicated in the financing of the nine eleven attacks the

saudis really are not our friends and we should not trust them in an operation like this well with trying to keep the billion dollar deals with the saudis to fly in line with his american mantra. could his foreign policy agenda. donald trump can be called any number of things good bad it all depends on which side you're on interesting really enough though it's donald trump that keeps giving donald trump new titles a global. is a person that wants the globe to do well frankly not caring about our country somas you know what i am a nationalist. kind of obvious if you think about it what with all this talk of greatness walls and how special exceptional americans are it's going to be only america first american people

first america's interests above all else. now if i may mr president you seem to be confused about what those words mean it's right there in any dictionary globalism a national policy of treating the whole world as a proper sphere for political influence a globalist is someone who treats the entire world as a playground making national decisions which affect the international community in simple terms globalism is what mr trump tells south korea meaning outside america that they can't lift sanctions their own sanctions on north korea without his permission they will do without or approve they do nothing without

a prove and by the way us sanctions which basically force everyone to abide by them because of how the dollar works by definition a globalist venture you know what else is globalist war invading other countries the us current. the fighting in seven wards that's really really globalist as well . the united states military's one of the most globalist organizations in the world it has bases in roughly every third country one in three nations has a u.s. military base in it that isn't nationalism that's good lobel ism i just want to see

them as well straighten out regime that frankly could be toppled very quickly by the military regime change we're placing or helping replace governments you just don't like by arming local rebels to the teeth or financing the opposition by sanctions that's globalism glue lism suits trumps purpose is to talk about globalism as the enemy but if you look at the politics it's anything but nationalist trumps attitude to the world as an individual is that he should have complete sovereignty and that includes sovereignty abuse the sovereignty of others you know he wants america to be able to go and do business wherever they want he wants to be able to remove regimes that he doesn't like he wants to act truly globally but in the national interest as donald trump himself can save that he is a fun fact the word globalism its modern meaning was first used to describe us

imperialism after the second world war the way the united states which wasn't destroyed by the war like europe dominated in international trade pushing its products its ideology its politics on every what it could they called it american globalism. so hearing mr trump who believes in returning america back to its glory days say that he isn't a globalist is like hearing the pope say with a straight face that really he isn't catholic. now ecuador says it will no longer negotiate with the u.k. over judy in a song choose currently holed up in its embassy in london it marks a sea change in ecuador's position when it comes to the wiki leaks chief ecuador has no responsibility to take any further steps we are not mr assad as lawyers nor real representatives of the british government this is a matter to be resolved between science and great britain. relations with the

country have sowed since the change of government last year is straining nationalist searing ecuador for allegedly violating human rights that after the embassy imposed house rules for the whistleblower as a condition for partial access to the internet former ecuadorian president rafael correia has called his country's handling of the case shameful. we gave us a long. piece. obligation of it why don't government to protect us you have to remember that now. sounds. citizenship so it's not just this a look now. these rules are really. don't try to humiliate and. so. my point because. these rules are really against human rights and they're trying to isolate. as

such and to push him to abandon our embassy. well the sun has been holed up inside the embassy in london since twenty twelve when he was granted political asylum and if he leaves the building that he'll face arrest for breaking his by all conditions but the whistleblower phase he could then be extradited to the u.s. in a letter to the two ecuador's current leader linda marino nor makers in washington demanded isaan be handed over to the u.s. authorities or face a possible diplomatic fall and. we are very concerned we join a sanchez continued presence at your embassy in london and he's receipt of it could during citizenship last year it is clear that mr assad remains a dangerous criminal and a threat to global security and he should be brought to justice. we feel that it's very difficult for the united states to advance our bilateral relationship until mr

assad has handed over to the proper earth or east they go to me he has to protect us i got it or institution but unfortunately because of the behavior of this government in the absolute this of some needed to the american government or there will be very difficult i think they want to turn over such an american government and they go to see this story now so. closely. the sixth year of. equality and justice also you don't have to forget that he has a very important. you know the nation's. tell. that. story i have to admit that you have such. an oil leak that's going on for fourteen years in the gulf of mexico could become

could become america's worst ever environmental disaster it was in two thousand and four when hurrican van slammed into florida's gulf coast severely damaging an offshore drilling operation just off a new easy however the company in charge did manage to cover up the incident for a whole company in charge did manage to cover up the incident for a whole six year. thanks thanks. thanks. flying over the gulf of mexico or search or spots of oil coated gas and bubbling in a miles long slick people are not the only ones who call the now polluted waters

hole and for the indigenous animals there are countless birds and wildlife the stakes are high life. time is rather. i suppose the difference is that. rosenberg was a big explosion. instantly. and then the most immoral was released. in the. first the original incident. and you see. he was in the context of. the company and the american regulators managed to keep the entire incident. pretty quiet it's one of those long running accidents which is going to six. points of view but over the course of. those with those menus.

of all. of the gold it adds up to being the same kind of food as not. since. back in twenty fifteen the company in question said that there was no evidence to suggest an ongoing link or any significant environmental damage it hasn't given any further explanation since journalist all of a tickle again says though that even retain oil spill it is result in a lot of damage. the gulf is currently producing something something like twenty percent of america's oil is rather a highly rated max through fast breaking out every few days. of oil spill huge with routines pollutants in the hundreds of thousands of pounds per year just remove all new york. and this entire gulf coast is highly industrial used and it is bound to leak in uncertain amounts of morals and also its environmental impacts impact other industries which are also tourism and fisheries show finish this

tens of thousands of miles of oil pipelines transect to this entire region and if you've got a pipeline you were burned two hundred leaks watching i say this afternoon still ahead chaos in rome as a champions league football match is followed by a fight between fans and also an escalator collapse in the italian capitals metro system leaving dozens injured what have the details on that just after the break.

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welcome back now the russian president vladimir putin is meeting italian prime minister you said he can tell you moscow talked about boosting ties including in the organization for security and cooperation in europe which is currently chaired by rome visit comes just a day after a visit to moscow by the u.s. national security advisor john bolton insists washington will still pull out of any key nuclear weapons treaty with russia while playing down fees that will spark an arms race but despite the tensions between the two states right now the mood of the talks at times was light hearted. as far as i remember there was an eagle on the u.s. national emblem and they're off thirteen hours in one foot an olive branch with thirteen olives as a symbol of peaceful policy in the other my question is did you eagle all the olives and leave just the arrows but. i'm grateful for the opportunity to speak with you on behalf of president and hopefully i'll have some answers for you but i

didn't bring any more all of. them that's what i thought. during the talks bolton said that the treaty was outdated and should be revised to include china to the russian side of violating its terms something denied by moscow which actually sees things the other way around accusing the us of violations the historic treaty was signed back in one thousand nine hundred seven between then soviet union and the us under the green went off shore to mid-range nuclear and. conventional missiles were eliminated apart from the u.s. launched its sea i spoke with the director of the stockholm international peace research institute dan smith about this and he warns that the foundations of international arms controls will have to be rebuilt. i think that what we're saying is that an architecture of arms control that was put together around the end of the cold war back consisted of the i.n.f. treaty the conventional forces in europe treaty problem capping numbers of heavy

weapons non-nuclear weapons on both sides the presidential nuclear initiatives and the strategic arms reduction treaty building on the foundations of the a.b.m. treaty that was an architecture which has given us peace and security of an unexpected mixture of all time for the last nearly three decades the a.b.m. treaty was abrogated by the us in two thousand and two russia effectively pulled out of the c.f.c. the conventional forces treaty in twenty six again now the us is pulling out of the i.m.f. treaty and the strategic arms reduction treaty only last until twenty twenty one and currently there are no talks to prolong it so the architecture as a whole is in serious difficulty and that's where we should be directing attention towards rebuilding those achievements so when you hear the u.s. say it will increase its nuclear capacity unless quote other countries come to their senses. to say that sort of is a double edged sword

a sort of threat but also say a sort of come on let's they'll talk about this. i think it may be meant that way but i do think that only some of the countries are which that's directed world's first of all see the threatening side rather than they kind of the more the more peaceful side to that. last night champions league football match between a s. raymond test in moscow was marred by an accident involving fans in iran metro station. i. was looking at you. there were a lot of people there the escalator accelerated and people couldn't get off of it people were trying to jump over each other many fell and injured themselves while

that accident there happened just ahead of kickoff an escalator went into freefall as you saw from the pictures and left twenty four people injured the mare of rome commented on the incident saying that some witnesses claimed fans had been dancing and jumping on the escalator he also expressed his sympathy for those affected investigators say the cause of the incident remains unclear but you must investigate it is a strange thing we need to fully understand what the causes are by looking at the c.c.t.v. recordings there are some pictures here you can see a breakdown aren't there there was undoubtedly a failure it seems that fans were jumping i did not see the pictures now but i reaffirm my sympathies for the injured to the russians who had been injured and i think the police and firefighters who immediately acted to help these people meanwhile in a separate incident a fight broke out between fans ahead of the match to police used

a water cannon to disperse the crowds with more all matt correspondent alexa ski spoke with colin bright in the studio. it's a really bad night for c.s.k. mosco in rome this time not only their team lost three nil to as roma big defeat but also to very bad incidents for the fans first of all the fight outside the study only because stadium the roma stadium. there were reports that one of the c.s.k. moscow fans was stabbed two were severely injured in the fight over the russian embassy needs in the late denounced this information they denied the stabbing incident but acknowledged the fight i saw some videos on social media the water cannons had to be used by the police so the fight was pretty intense i have to say the last time these two teams met in the champions league was in twenty fourteenth there was trouble then as well is there an indication the maybe the italian police were prepared for this it is really strange but it seems that they were not if we go back to twenty fourteen there was a major scuffle outside the stadium there was

a major scuffle inside the stadium it's all started when several c.s.k. moscow fans were stabbed by roma fans outside the stadium and then as a retaliation they instigated a massive fight inside the stands if you talk about the roma fans they're pretty in the notorious for this kind of stuff just earlier this year in april they went to liverpool to play a champions league semifinal and they injured several people including one fan who is still in a coma he still hasn't recovered and guess what there were no repercussions for i went to the return leg to rome for liverpool playing there and i saw a heavy police presence it seems that they were prepared for this kind of stuff this time they have a history with c.s.k. moscow and it seems that they were not adequately prepared they did stop the fight with water cannons but the fight still happened so you have to ask a lot of questions to the roman police. reporting there that's how the news is looking so far today here in r.t. we're back again as usual just over half an.

time action returns here we're going underground as the saudis host davos in the deserts attended by britain's largest manufacturer be a systems as well as deloitte turns to the young mckinsey m.p.w. see as millions face famine in yemen coming up on the show what kind of riot act to raise a makes back at today's nine hundred twenty two committee meeting the decide premiership of the united kingdom we speak to northern ireland's former first minister and

republican column line on which post is better than belfast brussels dublin all this and more coming up in today's show but first what is troubling the u.k. prime minister more today a backbench meeting on brics it that could decide the future or this arabia's crown prince mohammed bin summoned help the first of two meetings with british prime minister theresa may the red carpet has been rolled out early at the prince had lunch with britain's queen elizabeth at buckingham palace and during his three day visit the only threat to what meets with all the senior royals and dine with the queen's son and grandson that's the way even chinese t.v. coverage raise amaze arguable genuflection to someone she know appears to be labeling a murderer a mind you this is the kind of questioning u.k. state that mandated media presented its questions to journalist jamal khashoggi when he was alive apologies for the quality product and someone seems to be saying . i know we have to transform ourselves we have to modernize we have to change and

i will be that agents of change your core of an autocrat your compare them to. and others but surely the message of the last hearing is that the best. arab nation like saudi arabia has a link or is prepared for your assess how for genuine reform and change choice. by far. the best choice for saudi arabia on a minute to the b.b.c. a year ago was devil's advocating for the now nia pariah crown prince and so was democracy o.-g. in fact the late journalist was it once in russia advocating more russian input in the middle east as he was tweeting for the defacto his name is rebels in syria of course there is another dimension to the whole story saudi could stop bombing yemen with british bomb stop buying nato weapons and make friends with iran let alone this man. the leader of the world's biggest oil producer russia

they're meeting the world's second biggest saudi and of course saudi has also made friends with this man yes she jinping sent his people to the saudi investment conference just as vladimir putin did but if saudi realignment is a piece of cake well to some bricks it is something else entirely threatening not only say italian membership of the but the very existence of the united kingdom joining me now is former first minister with all the knowledge and current ulster unionist party chairman lord m.p. what have the welcome to going underground if we leave aside the party politics of the ninety two to two committee how has the union his movement got it's of involved with the bus he is bricks at negotiations and i know this is the deal being or do you be. negotiations that are arguably threatening to break up the union where my party the recommended remain vote reluctantly but on the basis that there were two major issues one was the border because we didn't even.