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sales to saudi arabia in the wake of the killing of the kingdom's journalist. and it says it refuses to revise its. to make the point more vividly. the week's top stories of today welcome to the week. on tuesday president again. with russia and china just days after he announced the u.s. would withdraw from a major cold war nuclear treaty the american president also repeated his accusation . and saying that moscow was in breach of the i n f a court right here to the

agreement should have been done years ago but still people come here for money that anybody else. will build it up until they come to this when they. were lol. by the way not only will. moscow and its own insists it has not violated the nuclear treaty saying it's washington that has not been haring to it nevertheless russia still sees the i.n.f. accord as vital and says it should be preserved under the agreement signed in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven all short and mid range nuclear and conventional missiles were eliminated with the exception of those launched at sea and trump's move to ditch the i.n.f. does not sit well with americans you're a peon allies as they fear their continent security will be severely undermined. the announcement by the u.s. that it's going to withdraw from the i.m.f.

accord is regrettable the i.n.f. agreement has been important pillar of our 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 the u.s. and russia need 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 problem is as others have pointed out in particular this is a problem i think for europeans that this treaty was designed to prevent or reduce the risk of nuclear weapons being used by the nuclear threshold being lowered and not should we say long range heavy nuclear weapons being used against the united states and the soviet union or today russia but that with the shorter range weapons it would be europe western europe that would become the nuclear

battlefield and there's some concern i think a great deal of concern amongst all european leaders except the united kingdom who yesterday have stated that they support the american position predictably enough there is concern that this reduces the prospects for nuclear disarmament increases risks for west europe and its people. little surprise then that americans plans to pull out of the accord dominated choose today's meeting between u.s. national security advisor john bolton and president putin and although the subject at hand was certainly no laughing matter there was still some room for a little humor. as far as i remember there is an eagle on the u.s. national emblem and there are thirteen hours in one foot and an olive branch with thirteen olives as a symbol of peaceful policy in the other my question is did you eagle eat all the olives and leave just the arrows. 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 although. it's what i thought. during the talks purton said he was perplexed by america's hostile steps in the absence of any provocation on the part of russia as for the i.n.f. treaty itself john bolton called it outdated and insisted it should be revised to include other nations most notably china international affairs commentator jonathan steele told us it's precisely fear of china's growing military might that is behind america's iron f. withdrawal plans many commentators think that this is the american decision is linked more to china of them to russia because the chinese are not part of the treaty they've been developing their missile capabilities and there are military capabilities in southeast asia in the south china sea and the americans want to be able to confront. the treaty which we're talking about prevents the americans of course deploying missiles not just in europe and asia as well in the americans want

to get out of it so they can start putting missiles there. an f. withdrawal is in line of course with is america first. correspondent now takes a look at the wider policy ambitions of the american leader. 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 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 google ism 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 her prove they do nothing without her

proven and by the way u.s. 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 it'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 chumps purposes 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. while saudi arabia keeps changing its story in the case of journalist. who was killed in the saudi cause live in istanbul turkey seems to be way ahead in its investigation president to go on said that he was murdered in a vicious violent manner that was politically motivated. our security and intelligence services the still analyzing the info they have it's

already clear that the murder of jamal khashoggi was planned well since this is a political assassination we also call for the inclusion of possible foreign accomplices if any. the saudi royal family has met with g.'s son and brother to express their condolences to the journalists the eldest son was pictured shaking hands with the saudi crown prince who is suspected of orchestrating the killing of his father later in the week he left saudi arabia for washington according to sources of the us president this week condemned the cover up while posh orgies murder but still stressed the economic importance of continued weapons sales to riyadh. the cover up was one of the worst in the history of coverups. so he really has been a really great ally they had one of the biggest addresses maybe the biggest investor in our 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 a lot of things changing explanations have been met with criticism from the west but key european powers are refusing to counsel multibillion dollar sales to saudi arabia in fact germany is the only exception. i agree with all those who say that exports which are already limited must not take place in the console. 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 a press conference. and it's not a press conference to react to the german chancellor. i mean all that has nothing to do with this event nothing. nothing so i want let's put some context on that france is one of the biggest sellers of defense and 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 and that seems to be a similar thing that we're hearing in spain where they have said that they will not deal with saudi arabia that's worth two billion dollars it's about the obligations under taken by the previous government which correspond to the demands of international national especially considering the un resolution and the head of the government now. legal security that would not have 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 is more concerned about the cancellation fee which is around one billion dollars if they decide not to go ahead with that contract then rolled out the holding saudi arabia to account for the killing of journalist it is only acceptable thing. google 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 alms to saudi arabia just behind me us with heels worth around fifteen billion dollars now the idea of sanctions it was following the foreign secretary jeremy hunt but no clear indication of what those sanctions could be over whether they'll be applied when the prime in the situation made was questioned about this

well she said she would speak to the king of saudi arabia no concrete information or whether they would be sanctions against the country it seems that they were germany is the only country it's going alone putting its neck out in suspending and canceling these contracts georgia defense spokesperson for the france on bowed part he says there is way too much money involved and no crimes will stop europe from selling weapons to riyadh. we know that there were many a violation of human rights in saudi arabia but above all in yemen and it's not time anymore for just words it's time for action and i think they're just buying time by saying that they will wait for further and furious it's sad but the european union and the especially our french president mr munder michael he's backing one of the worst country which is really doing one of the worst war in the

world. still to come here on the weekly on italy says it will not change one comma in its budget the e.u. rejected it a brussels now giving rome with three weeks to come up with a better plan we'll give you the full scoop on i think just i'm.

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police say that. six people were injured including four. it's believed to be. in the country's history. forty six year old. it was reported. automatic assault rifle. day of the week for synagogues our human and labor rights lawyer don kovalchuk was in the area when the attack happened he sent us the following report. there's people gathered all around here. a lot of people in mourning a lot of parishioners with their heads and in their hands people just trying to figure out what has happened here you know it's a very somber situation this is a bedroom community here in pittsburgh and this we don't see these things happen

very often there's a number of synagogues here in squirrel hill this is a very strong jewish community here it's still locked down it's very hard to get in and out of school built this point and i never seen this many police in one place in pittsburgh i mean it's really a very tense situation and very set people were very sad. president obama has ordered flags to be flown at half mast until october thirty first he also stressed to the public try to should be executed. what we did. was. what you have crimes like this. whether it's this one or another one on another group we have to bring back the death penalty at. the open right. it is the latest a mass shooting at a religious site in the u.s. in recent years two similar attacks claimed the lives of thirty five people.

right now it's only twenty past the hour here in moscow shoes flung out speakers old podiums make the occasional appearance in politics and now off to the e.u. rejected italy's proposed new budget it was the tunnel one italian m.e.p. to put his foot or rather his chute down.

it is the first time the european commission has rejected any member states budget proposal the block has given rome three weeks to revise its spending plans. on old quarter breaks to about. 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 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 whole. the e.u. claims that italy's debt situation is out of control and that salvini is 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 not in brussels. the italian economy is healthy and this is an economic move that will give italy distributing needs we won't change one comma in this document to. be you know to go into the we are not. that. 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 front 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 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 well 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. . it is feared an oil spill in the gulf of mexico that's been ongoing for fourteen years could become america's worst environmental disaster it was in two thousand and four when hurricane ivan slammed into florida's gulf coast severely damaging an offshore drilling operation just off louisiana however the company in charge somehow managed to cover up the entire incident for a whole six years. thanks

thanks. thanks. for the gulf of mexico. gas and bubbling and i'm miles long. people are not the only ones who call the now polluted waters for the indigenous animals their countless birds and wildlife the stakes are high life or death time is rather. i suppose the big difference is the. horizon there was a big explosion and people got killed instantly and you know and then. released extremely rapidly in the. first the original incident. and you see. it was in the context.

and the company and the american regulators managed to keep the entire incident. it's one of those no accidents which. well out of the coup. with this menu seven hundred marios a daily. into the coast it. being the same kind of food as the roads and. back in twenty fifteen the company in question said that there was no evidence to suggest any leak nor any significant mental damage it has not given any further explanations to join us all of it take a look at says that even a routine oil spill results in a horrifying volume's every. the govt is currently producing something something like twenty percent of americans or rather a highly rated max through

a fast breaking news every few days. with routines pollutants in the hundreds of thousands of pounds per year just through new york. and this entire gulf coast is high and industrial used. bond unique concern of mine to move to new cities environmental impacts impact other industries which are also tourism and fisheries show finish tens of thousands of miles of oil pipelines translate to this entire region and if you put a pipeline in when you move around two hundred leaks. that is a weekly for this hour here on this sunday on r.t. international thank you for sharing some of your time with us here take a look. here in twenty five minutes with a new program for you the weekly returns erisa.

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