this hour's top stories here on r.t. with trade war showing no sign of abating old photos japan china making the best of a bad situation. with new economic deals. italy says it refuses to revise its budget which was full out rejected by brussels and to make

the point more vividly one italian m.e.p. made clear that he would rather give the e.u. the boot than cave in. in germany polls predict the anti immigration party is on course to be represented in all of the country's sixteen regional parliaments for the first time ever the last remaining region is going to the polls on sunday and the f.t. isn't campaigning. today but she. is committed. to. the top stories for a friday here one r.t. international from the rule re sushi in the whole news team here welcome to them. japan's prime minister shinzo of a and the chinese premier have shaken to. spoken

about woman relations at the summit in beijing it is the first visit to the country by a japanese leader of a bilateral talks in nearly seven years the current athol follows years of territorial disputes. now takes a look at what's led to this change. the japanese prime minister is in china and he's smiling. that was him with the chinese premier who was smiling too. so why of course these kind of guys put up a happy face for the cameras during the protocol handshake well sometimes things between countries get so bad that even handshakes can save the day. but both leaders surely would have preferred not to stand there together like that just a few years ago the gloves were off between beijing and tokyo because of these tiny

islands in the east china sea just to realize how much i hate that land dispute generated have a look at this. i really wouldn't want to be a japanese car owner in china back in the days the two thousand and twelve conflict was spiraling out in all shapes and forms mr abi mr she didn't even talk on the phone up until may this year today though we're pretty much back to seeing the new un friendship with the chinese state run media telling us this kind of stuff so what happened what kind of magical friendship did this in the dragon get prescribed maybe it was the donald trump pill the world knew mr trump was on a mission to give beijing. a real business beating the united states has just

announced tariffs on another two hundred billion dollars in chinese made goods china's market distortions. and the way they deal. cannot be tolerated but who knew the president will then take aim at his biggest asia ally japan at his economic bowling well last month the media got a trade war to pay off and anyway the steel and element tariffs had already kicked in you know how it works now america first. we understand that president trump wants to reduce the trade deficit but i think it's very important for president trump and his administration to find out the root cause of why there is a trade deficit in america i think there is a possibility that they do not yet understand why and so the world silver and bronze medalists and g.d.p. are shaking hands smiling and are possibly even ready to team up what will the

golden boy have to say. one expert on asia pacific relations we spoke to says trump's only got himself to blame if he's unhappy about china and japan coasting up to each other u.s. did not expect that. other countries would be able to set aside their differences and get to get to the table with each other as relatively easily as they have been able to do so but at the end of the day it is the us which has to be there. which has to carry the. book the countries are frankly facing lateral and hostile trade enforcement action from the trumpet ministration china primarily but i would also suggest that part of the reason for the coming together is because both countries realize the important players. and speaking to each

other the relationship their relationship with each other as well as the larger geo political environment in which they operate becomes a little more negative. issues whether flung at speakers or banged on podiums make the occasional appearance in politics and now after the e.u. rejected italy's proposed new budget it was the turn of an italian m.e.p. to put his foot or rather his chute. it's the first time the european commission has rejected any member states budget proposal of the block three weeks to revise its spending plans donald quarter

breaks down the disputed. brussels a sharpening its knife in preparation for a new battle with rome. for the first time the e.u. has flat out rejected a member states budget demanding a resubmission to do for the first time as a commission is obliged to a. country that it was off budget to be blunt. but we seen no alternative to. it all and to do so it is in. the interest of the whole. the e.u. claims that italy's debt situation is out of control and that salvias government needs to tighten its purse strings and fulfill its obligations the euro skeptics say it doesn't have anything to do with money since there are other states with bloated budgets that have never felt such a heavy hand from brussels this is the first italian budget the e.u. doesn't like no surprise this is the first italian budget written in rome and not

in brussels. you tell me an economy is healthy and this is an economic move that will give its leaders to pretty needs we won't change one comma in this document to . be you know to go into the we are not. the thing on. the future. it spain belgium portugal and slovenia have all been in violation of the e.u. agreements in the past and for years france has broken the three percent deficit threshold imposed on it by the e.u. as for debt it's been in the red since two thousand and two and only this year the second largest european economy received a carefully worded letter in response asking all very politely to reduce its debts . we thank you for sending the from twenty nine thousand draft budget that we received on october fifteenth we would like to ask you for more details the

commission's preliminary assessment also indicates that the growth rate for france does not respect the reforms rate of ditch reduction in twenty nineteen so italy refused to be taken to heel by this double standard. except the e.u. commissioner in charge of budgets didn't seem to find the stunt very funny even connecting the italian shushan and against to a potential quick path to fascism the episode of the made in italy shoe is grotesque at first you smile and we trivialize it because it's ridiculous but then we start getting used to this kind of muted symbolic violence and one day we wake up with fascism stay alert democracy is a fragile treasure or the draft budget would have seen over five hundred million dollars worth of cuts to defense spending while putting more money towards social welfare and tax cuts not exactly a sound way to revive fascism and certainly not

a good way to be a shoo in with the new donald quarter r.t. . to germany now where i'm going to merkel's hard won grand coalition could be in for a new blow as polls predict low support in the regional election in the state of hesse say on sunday among the main contenders are the green party allied with other left wing forces though a national conservative alternative for germany is projected to strengthen his position as well as our correspondent peter all of. the party known for its anti immigration stance is said to chalk up another milestone in german politics just over a year since they shocked the country by entering the body to start for the first time polls predict that this sunday alternative for germany will enter the state parliament in for the first time that will mean that they have represent. taishan in all sixteen german states as well as the national parliament head of the vote in

her alternative to germany have been campaigning aggressively. discrimination and that momentum and the sticky see. if she. holds a special place for alternative for germany or the air it was at a meeting there back in february twenty fifth the party was formed setting themselves out from the get go as an anti establishment group focused on the economy. the parties in the bundestag and bundesrat don't do any politics in the interests all consideration of germany and europe but in the five years since its formation alternative for germany has been widely criticized by those who condemn what they see as its populist and racist stance. in germany has the rhetoric of the one nine hundred twenty s. and we'll move to karl and the continent see either have a blatant problem with anti semitism the whole of the anti liberal anti civic party

i was in there yes it was either was here. despite having enjoyed steady growth in the polls here in germany at times even coming in as the second largest political group in the country while taking up seats in has so would see them represented in all sixteen of germany states they aren't going to see this as job done all right. they just are ruling. who've the heads of the people they are doing things well the people don't want the pollutions we have to assume to be able to do with the people want is not only of the. won't it be the if you will look. after you in countries

whole of how degree in children are already of peace how are ruling the same in austria with the f.b.i. . and we see now almost entirely. oh those movements all those you have probably speech on behaving the same way like the a and b. they becoming stronger and stronger and in many countries in europe they are already on the phone or. a white supremacist running as the republican congressional candidate in the chicago area is trying to appeal to voters in the arab community by ratcheting up his anti israel and anti gay messaging jones placed a campaign in an arab american newspaper where we didn't quite get the reaction he was hoping for. the

holocaust is a fact think we know it's real. ridiculous . are white superior blacks. no question about it you know that's racist that you know that's true but i consider myself a way to refill those. clashes

erupted between supporters of maher say and lot so you know what head of that team is europa league football match in the french port city on thursday night. police were forced to intervene and use tear gas to separate the french and italian supporters roughly eighteen pounds from each side are said to have been involved three were injured two of them italian a local media reported tens of luck c.-o. funds were dressed in black carrying knives on. the club is known to have a violent far right fringe among his supporters though the match did and three one victory. are still up and coming here on the program for this friday on r t a school in america has pulled it stage adaptation. of the parents denounced it as

power of. the brain. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand listens you just need as the right questions and demand the right answer. question. seems wrong. but old rules just don't. mean you get to shape

out just to become educated and in gain strength equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. could have you with us today authorities in russia have declared a state of emergency in the south of the country after six people were killed as a result of severe flooding and three others have been injured and one person remains missing one hundred seven evacuated from their homes in some areas roads bridges and buildings were simply swept away around nine villages are currently

without power and public transport has also been severely disrupted the rain began on wednesday forecasters are warning about possible landslides. the un's humanitarian aid agency has confirmed the deaths of twenty one people in a saudi airstrike close to the yemeni port city of hide data and the attack at a fruit and vegetable market hospital chiefs say all the victims all civilians with children among the dead here is one witness account. another one of them through washington packaging and the plane came and hit us from above as we were working. on the un calls the yemeni wall the worst major humanitarian crisis in the world with twenty two million people in dire need of assistance right now up to fourteen million a facing starvation a saudi letting coersion in the country began in twenty fifteen with the aim of restoring the ousted government. has repeatedly denied attacking areas where

civilians are present. live it earlier in the program we heard from a bell about a. contributor who says the international community instead of standing by should stand up against the military attacks on yemen. when i believe that there is no community now is there anything love that oh. journalist gemma this is actually. a crime in itself should. make the international community concentrate on the bigger one the bigger musser which is taking place in yemen in more than three years and up until now it is absolutely. unbelievable it is hypocrisy of them to understand why they are silent is it because saudi is rich is because they can't make money by sending weapons you know european countries and united states i don't believe this kind of hypocrisy is should continue there should be as bad as

against this intervention in yemen to put down in the way. the story of a lot and i'm a not being quite has family friendly as disney makes out at least according to parents of pupils at one school in baltimore county the school drama club cancelled its production of an a lot in student play because of alleged anti arab and barbaric content. is being brought to our attention that disney's aladdin jr has historically been criticized for its inaccurate negative stereotyping of arabic co-chair after careful consideration and within per from the perspectives of teachers parents and community members we decided that this production is not the best fit for our community and the play arabs are described as barbaric those are the exact words they used and the actual play was very controversial apparently in the early ninety's it's not the first time verse oppose a barbarism of

a latin has prover provoked anger year after the release of disney's allowed in the lyrics of the opening song which ranged the original version included the line where they cut off your ear this was replaced with a neutral description of the desert but not everybody sees the offense in the a lot in story and some parents have criticized the school's cancellation of the play. they're saying we're a community but yet they didn't even ask anyone they just made this decision by themselves middle east analyst john how draws those people these days are simply put too easily offended. it seemed to me more to be about a love story it's an animated movie it's a disney movie does the you know wants to attract as large an audience as possible so i don't think there's anything in it that's particularly offensive anybody wants to claim victim status you know it to their benefit to the the other side as it risks being you know called a bigot or intolerant or

a hater of some some kind and in everybody has a very low sensitivity to that so really it relies a lot on solve policing for people to say really is this really that offensive is this really doing harm to the group that it's claiming the harm or is it or is it just a you know a very minor matter that should just be overlooked and that's the news for this hour here on r t international that more of a programming in about half an hour if you can join us that. drives us the macaque upload the best out of georgia. the concepts most pain to perform i have actually prepared myself to die.

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hello and welcome the cross-talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle after almost two years in office many still question whether donald trump has a coherent foreign policy the same cannot be said about the president's national security adviser john bolton when you think of bolton the word subtlety in diplomacy don't come to mind so is there now a bolton doctrine. talking bolton's foreign policy i'm joined by my guest had seen oxford he's a senior policy consultant at the british american security information council in

san francisco we have john rainwater he is the executive director of peace action and in new york we cross to alice slater she is a member of the coordinating committee of world beyond war and affect everyone i'm going to go to john first in san francisco so i always go to the person that gets up early is for this and i'm very thankful that you did get up so early and i wouldn't be surprised if you had a coffee mug in your hand john let me go to trump was campaigning in after he was elected everyone was saying that he was going to be an isolationist then he went through a few iterations of his foreign policy team and now with john bolton on the scene and apparently calling a lot of the shots what the fear of isolationism is really turned into the worry of you. lateral ism in a time when multi-lateralism is gaining pace with your thoughts strong go ahead well i think that's exactly right those who thought. might have an anti and

militaristic streak are being very disappointed right now and you are seeing the influence of bolton in this attempt to pull out of the aryan after treating. but i think it goes beyond that to a lot of trump's advisers that are looking to stoke a new arms race and that's what's dangerous about what's going on right now is we're giving away the rewind button to the ninety's and really on constrained arms race the type of which we haven't seen since the cold war and that's what we need to avoid here. i get the impression that's exactly what the trumpeting ministration wants or is threatening is an arms race we'll just bury them with all of our money spent on the military which is amazingly bloated right now i mean this is a threat isn't it. yes i mean wrote trump in so grand he's in

this campaign thing i'm going to make a deal with me i'm going to make a deal with russia or i'm going to get rid of nato and the democrats and republicans came down on him. i think go high and bow to defend himself you know then they actually voted in the congress not to allow the u.s. to get troops out in a career he had that in so you know this is systematic corruption and implements of the military industrial complex in the united states and it's going to be an opportunity to really get everybody we should be we shouldn't be talking about maintaining this treaty that's a ticket with one hundred twenty two nations just signed a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons and ban them and make them unlawful the way we have the chemical. and rasher and the u.s. and china are in play.