oh. brother was. about over. the u.s. justice department names fifty six year old says are saying all because the man in custody suspected of sending out mail bombs targeting a range of top u.s. political figures. with donald trump's trade was showing no signs of abating the old photos japan and china are making the best of a bad situation signing new economic deals together. revelations

that britain's energy minister held private to other mounts talks with controversial fracking firms sparks outrage. and italy refuses to back down over its budget plans despite them being rejected by brussels one it's hardly an m.e.p. even used his shoe to demonstrate just what he thinks of the e.u.'s response. a warm welcome you watching r.t. international with minichiello and great to have you with us this hour now our top story the justice department confirms that fifty six year old says all say is the man being held in custody in connection with the recent wave of melbourne's targeting a range of top u.s. political figures officials say they identified their fingerprints from one of the envelopes he allegedly sent. he's been charged today with five federal crimes

including interstate transportation an explosive do legal mailing of explosives threats against former presidents and certain other persons threatening interstate communications and assaulting current and former federal officers for these charges the defendant faces up to fifty eight years in prison this point we're getting kind of a picture of the individual the suspect who has been arrested and charged apparently for these bombings now the individual was a trump supporter he lived in a van and on that van he had pro trump bumper stickers now furthermore he did have a criminal record a previous criminal record he apparently been arrested for grand theft auto done time in prison and on top of that if he is convicted for actually sending these bombs through the mail he would then face fifty eight years in prison prior to the justice department we also heard from the u.s.

president he was very can graduate tory toward the law enforcement agencies congratulating them on very quickly apprehending the individual they believe is responsible for sending these packages containing explosives this is donald trump congratulating the f.b.i. and the police forces we will prosecute them him her whoever it may be to the fullest extent of the law. we must never allow political violence to take root in america cannot let it happen and i'm committed to doing everything in my power as president to stop it now all across the political spectrum we've heard widespread denunciation of this act people are saying that political violence is simply unacceptable and that they sending of explosives and mail bombs to politicians to top democratic party leaders to c.n.n. has no. place in american politics now other people are linking it to the fact that

there seems to be an increased divide among americans poll results are showing that americans are more divided and polarized than they have been in many years there's intense divisions between americans how they view the current administration how they view the various issues eight out of ten americans actually says that this point the united states is quote greatly divided however the president united states many democratic leaders were very adamant that this kind of violence has no place in american politics and there have been widespread calls for unity. as kelly mentions that a new survey has found that almost forty percent of americans believe divisions in their country will worsen the poll also revealed that among the most contentious political issues are donald trump's presidency economic inequality and race relations lawyer and political activist christiane mancera told us there needs to be a concerted effort to reduce the current level of ill feeling and bring feet and bring

people together. both sides have to tone it down both the president and the media and other political sectors have to come together and understand that we cannot continue sending these inflammatory comments on t.v. and on social media because there are people who take it personally and then they think that they have a way to respond and this is one example now is the republican side that has this crazy follower and we also have the democratic extreme left follower a few a few months ago when here congressman scully so i think that we have to be very careful because this is becoming a real problem. to other news now relations between japan and china and historic turning point that's according to japan's prime minister he was speaking at a summit with china's presidents is the first visit to the country by a japanese leader for bilateral talks in eighty seven years

a current thought follows a long period of territorial disputes if you're trying to take a look at what's led to the 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 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 the several 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 and 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 but 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. edge of pacific experts are told is that trump has only got

himself to blame for china and japan getting closer together first do not expect that the other that other countries will 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 beer if it's the u.s. which has to britain every chance to which has to carry the blame for this both the countries are with frankly fear seeing unilateral and hostile trid 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 that they are important players. and that without speaking to each other the relationship their relationship with each other as well as the larger geopolitical

environment in which they operate becomes a little more negative. it's been revealed that britain's energy minister had a private unannounced meeting with major fracking firms notes from the talks in may reveal that the u.k. has global ambitions to spread its fracking approach menus only released now under the freedom of information rules that has sparked an outcry. there is no model of fossil fuel extraction that we should be pursuing much less trying to sell globally not content with undermining the u.k.'s own climate change targets the government seem intent on wrecking the efforts of other countries by exporting the u.k. model of fracking around the world. news of the meeting has compounded the current woes of the fracking industry in the u.k. last week when driller one of the firms which meant the minister was forced to suspend operations in lancashire the north of the country after earthquakes were

detected not far from its fracking sides artie's poly boyko. well gee company calls it a might crew seismic event others might call it a tremor or even a tiny earthquake it took place on friday morning around quadrille is fracking site there and as a result of the exploratory drilling taking place the company's released a statement explaining what took place the seismic incident so to say happened at eleven thirty am it measured north point seven six on the richter scale and the company was alerted to it because it was immediately flagged up as a so-called red light tremor on the sort of dangerous scale of fracking anything over nor point five constitutes a red light event so this was quite far into red light territory and as a result has pools to operations but only for eighteen hours in order to monitor seismicity levels in the area the statement says they expect fracking to restart in

the morning and then goes on to play down the incident take a listen. microsoft has been given such as these result in tiny movements that anything that would be filled surface much less cause any harm or damage without the sophisticated monitoring in place it could drill and they would not be detected so no big deal according to the company doing the fracking but that's not what environmental campaigners and local activists have to say about it the commencement of drilling in the u.k. has been incredibly contentious and dogged by problems and legal challenges in fact three anti fracking protesters were jailed for public nuisance when they protested the start of drilling at that site in lancashire earlier this summer in fact they thought to be the first environmental protesters to be imprisoned since nineteen thirty two although they were released by the court of appeal earlier this month

the seismic incident this morning is by no means the first time a tremor has been recorded as a result of fracking in the u.k. there have been twelve line incidents or twelve minor tremors this week alone at that site in lancashire and if you chart the history of fracking in the u.k. back in the spring of two thousand and eleven quadrillion was given permission to start exploratory drilling at another site in lancashire and there were fifty tremors then and one was so strong that it was felt by locals in the area i covered that story then i went to man's house he showed me a crack on the wall the head of he said as a result of that mine quake caused by the drilling so operations were suspended then and not really the best start to the fracking operation up in lancashire for the u.k. government now this was supposed to be the beginning of the u.k.'s shale revolution and ministers are nevertheless determined to crack on with it so much so that it's

been revealed in the guardian that the energy minister here in the u.k. can. perry she had a meeting with fracking earlier this month which she failed to record on the transparency register where she apparently told fracking that the government hopes to create a u.k. model for shale gas extraction which can be exported all around the world but given this latest seismic incident it looks like that model could use a bit of improving what we asked the department for business and their g. and industrial strategy for comint it told us that the meeting was a presentation to industry unions and community groups and snow events and therefore not disclosed ministerial meeting it also stressed that the u.k.'s energy minister has always been absolutely clear about the need to maintain high regulatory standards but campaign tina louise rothery is deeply concerned by

the government's approach to fracking. what claire perry will have been discussing i would imagine with industry was how smooth she could make it for them if she eases planning restrictions and. had worked with the regulators to make it a lot simpler i mean she was talking about you know were to kind of point with the size of this point by and she was talking about raising that level so that they could cause a lot more seismicity for having to shut down you know we are deeply concerned this is an industry that's got off to a very bad start seven years ago and has yet to redeem itself and when they talk about exporting our expertise what expertise it would take decades to get expertise we certainly don't have it now as has been proved to energy today still not with its accounts which was our spoil i think it just produced its accounts and he showed it in a diabolical state you know these industry this industry is not what it sells itself as i've government is i've been hoodwinked or is somehow in collusion.

still to come israeli troops have killed five palestinians during the latest wave of gaza protests we have the details for you after this short break. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars and. more than ten white collar crime stamped this. eighty five percent of global wealth you won't see the old bridge with six percent markets or thirty percent of its worst year come with four hundred to five hundred three per second

per second and going. rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollar a our industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need remember it was one of those you know for the mid one and only. welcome back health officials in gaza say five palestinians were shown dead by israeli soldiers during the latest wave of anti occupation protests along the perimeter fence on friday a further one hundred seventy people were reported to be injured the i.d.f.

which has repeatedly defended its use of deadly force against the great march of return demonstrators said that several individuals attempted to breach the fence local journalist sayed reports from the scene. here that. what goes on every friday continues to happen palestinian protesters come here to protest demanding the return to their lands they bring tires to blur the scenes in front of israeli forces ambulances field the site the best site is always filled by palestinian protesters from all ages even injured people who have been injured in the same protests the previous weeks also come down to protest this is the journalist that has been shot in his leg. he has been shot to his time. with that live bullets he has been taken by the

paramedics. the ambulance. in order to perform. the first aid. to europe now germany is considering building a liquid natural gas or l.n.g. terminal capable of receiving fuel from the u.s. chancellor merkel spokes person added that the facility would make the country's energy market more competitive. well the quality. for the agreement stipulates that germany should have an infrastructure that's why we also welcome the private sector initiatives in german gas transport infrastructure to implement this we believe that diversify supply of natural gas was an open shore is secure energy supply throughout the european union for the near future and that competitive prices.

american l.n.g. is seen as a competitor to russian gas currently sent via pipelines to germany one such routes not to well expand the liveries via the baltic sea expected to become operational next year we discussed the issue with political analyst mathias dorn felt he thinks the building of the l.n.g. facilities in germany is a compromise to donald trump's demands. saying this. one concession to the demands of president trump glitchy. during the nato summit this year during other occasions but on the other hand it is also you know. decision to. the infrastructure it is not only the project which was discussed yesterday the question is who is going to buy who is going to buy the more expensive. question if it is subsidized by the government

or not the volumes are coming from the from the united states or from los america to europe are very very small basically they have east asian markets which is much more you know interesting and economically why a ball than the european market. it takes. a lot of years. she is really. for for pipeline gas from from the russian federation. she is whether flung that 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 any pay to put his foot or rather his shoe down.

it's the first time the european commission has rejected any member states budget proposal the blog gave rome three weeks to revise its spending plans on the quarter breaks down the dispute. brussels is 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. for the first time as a commission. to a. country that it was off budget. but we seen no alternative to it all and to do so it is really into the whole. the e.u. claims that italy's debt situation is out of control and that solving these 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 time in budget the e.u. doesn't like no surprise this is the first italian budget written in rome not in brussels. you tell me an economy is healthy and this is an economic move that will give italy to stability it needs we won't change one comma in this document to. be you know to go to. the. on. the future. 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 reference rate of did 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. . have your say on the day's stories by following us on social media we'd love to hear from you will be back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines tony benn. priest who raped me when i was fourteen years of age was known to be

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just that yes get deep mission. there the. toilet b.s. get. up. this is boom bust broadcasting all around the world and covering the world of business and finance the impact on all of us i'm part children washington thank you for joining us we're glad you're with us coming up today former united nations and passenger bill richardson joins us to talk about saudi arabia and unilateralism of pulling out of environmental and trade agreements and more plus raga horner of

simpler trading is back to talk commodities and oil and we also have my interview with raul guy i am the chief technology officer of guy a motor works in india they make the coolest electronic vehicles around you don't want to see this and we'll have our weekly global markup round up all that ahead let's go and i swear bush in this has told authorities of a card tell related to the fixing of beer prices in india two years ago when a b. in bob bought s a b. miller p.l.c. for one hundred billion dollars a part of the purchase was for indian operations well officials noticed the cartel like activity and reported it to authorities last year the others reportedly complicit in the cartel are allegedly denmark's carlsberg and india's united breweries which is partially owned by heineken earlier this month indian authorities at the competition commission raided the office of the three breweries

that have reportedly found evil evidence of the complicity amongst the cartel members the three brewers comprise roughly ninety percent of all beer sales in india which is about seven billion dollars annually it remains to be seen what will become of the investigation at this point much less any sanction or fines placed upon those found guilty of violations of indian competition law. and we are now joined by former ambassador united nations bill richardson former governor and sort of world policy expert on men. mr ambassador thank you for joining us thank you nice to be with you ok so my former colleague the late and great ed schultz in may of last year when president trump made his first foreign for eight in saudi arabia you it's sort of said at that time you thought it was a basic zero sum tradeoff between national security and human rights and it was

sort of a false choice but given your record and your expertise mr ambassador i have to ask you the question i'm sure everybody wants to know what do you make of the killing of jamal because shogi at the saudi consulate in bull and what does that mean for our future relations with saudi arabia. well i don't want to sound like a politician but but i will the saudi american relationship is very important militarily energy wise diplomatically investment wise but the saudis committed a horrendous act with impunity you know all the facts are not in but it's pretty clear there was complicity at the top so what do we do one we have to preserve the relationship you don't break the relationship but we have to take certain steps one i think these sanctions are fine but they're basically a slap on the wrist secondly i think we need to tell the saudis that you know this war in yemen is not going to well maybe put some brakes on that and then the last

thing.