security this when you have a black box operating in the public eye to microsoft dependency puts governments on to cyber threat not only that. this is an easy sell the only one. who will do. with. these this is the. one who started on. the old vision stop when there was a student who was a front is up and describes in the fine. top stories here on oxy china's getting its military bottle ready i mean trade and territory disputes and worsening relations with washington. analysis the renewal of all nuclear deal sanctions against iran

a decision that does not sit well with washington's key european allies who vowed to protect their business interests in the islamic republic and. also we talked to a survive all through one of those genocide as human rights groups called for the reopening the investigation into the french army's failure to respond to the hills massacre. it has been a busy week for your world news headlines here on r.t. international so welcome to the weekly as you're running down the top get us. the president of china has instructed the country's military to be war ready raising the specter of a potential conflict over trade or territory but how much of this is just possible posturing. takes a closer look. so here's the thing the chinese government almost never says anything you wouldn't expect that's their thing their give me their incredibly

careful reserved at least with their tongues so when the chinese president orders his military to prepare for war serious indeed. the military to concentrate on the bouncy revenues for war the chinese are preparing for war out loud how over how did we get to this well trump for one aside from land blasting the chinese at every opportunity is tariffs is sanctions his trade war he's also being very heavy handed congress has just approved a second arms deal with taiwan in eighteen months. of untruthful the sales of weapons by the united states to taiwan damages china sovereignty and security interests of beijing sees china and taiwan as two parts of a whole two chinese entities same culture this is the same languages with two

separate governments communist capitalist the end goal is to reunite into one state there are differences of course currently preventing that and about one hundred kilometers of c. that separate the two and trump always a fan of sticking it to the chinese he's been through it in his warships right between the two china's. we have expressed our concerns to the us how and taiwan issue concerns china's sovereignty and territorial integrity and is the most important and sensitive issue in china u.s. relations. for starters how about you express your concerns about these important and sensitive issues to someone who cares a little more because that and try. we worry about. work. i don't worry about things. let's be grateful never worrying about anything

unfortunately others are and there are those in china who believe that america wants taiwan to declare independence and the chinese are preparing for that eventuality militarily. as your own you know we are resolute to defeat any scheme or act of taiwan independence in any form. thing is the taiwanese don't really see a point to defending themselves taiwan which recently switched from conscription to a volunteer army is having huge trouble recruiting even reserve troops dodging the juicy after all that's the point the devil when. the government needs to think whether it's necessary to bring conscription back to the theme of national security

matters but taiwan is a minor player in these confrontation if war does break out it likely be the people's republic of china slugging it out with the united states rather than taiwan and that is a war that trump really really ought to be worried about the world is really across rolled the united states has been pushing china around he really china and imposing unilateral tariffs on the chinese exports china does not want to have a trade war with the united states and china does not want to have a conflict with the united states but if the united states really wants to impose these things onto china i think the chinese people will be fully mobilized behind the chinese government and the chinese military on friday the trumpet ministration announce that washington's reimposing all sanctions against iran that were lifted

as part of a twenty fifteen nuclear deal donald trump took to twitter to taunt tehran with the news in a post that resembled the tiger line from game of thrones of sanctions which are slated to come into effect on monday follow merica is unilateral withdrawal from the iran nuclear agreement that was in may this year the new sanctions come on top of the ones already imposed by washington and focus heavily on iran's oil sector penalising states as well they refuse to hold imports of crude oil from iran the u.s. secretary of state might pompei o says the main target is the iranian government be sanctions hit core areas of iran's economy it is aimed at depriving the regime of the revenues that it uses to spread death and destruction around the world well meantime people on the streets of toronto told us it's ordinary iranians will end up bearing the brunt of washington's punitive measures time about manson. so hard to come by because of sanctions no doubt if you are caring for

a patient your life is affected by these sanctions thank you sanctions decrease the quality of life unspeakable cannot now octane things that they used to tame easily the floors for them but it was i'm a merchant in a century cannot trade with businesses inside of iran any more it would take its toll and we have yet to see to what extent and effect in ordinary people and not just the main pack him every year or every two to three years they see new sanctions will be imposed some people have gotten used to say that but that doesn't mean we accept them and it doesn't hurt that it means we've had them so long they don't affect us anymore they harm him they have always been there for the past four decades and they've been arming the you reigning in nation all along their inquisition that's why many other. states that are under sanctions like russia like any of theirs they are all against this move especially because this new round of sanctions by washington it doesn't have the u.n.

support it doesn't have the support of even the united states close allies like the europeans that have stayed at their opposition in defiance china turkey or russia and many others have defied the u.s. sanctions against iran and many are worried in washington that this could make these sharp tool or weapon blunts and make you know take it off the menu even for future u.s. administrations if it goes ineffective despite the pressure coming from the u.s. the european union has confirmed the blocks commitment to the iran nuclear deal and brussels also vowed to protect european companies doing business with iran however despite all the tough talk washington may actually be more flexible than its letting on. we ask all nations to isolate iran's regime. as long as its aggression continues but we do not intend to

allow our sanctions to be evaded by your poor any body else. we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran looking at the latest official so for the cha cha well to achieve the same. with friends we need to show that he's going to want to be muscles that wouldn't be blind it's what americans do want us europeans to say with economic interests a move one time economic relations with iran. would never threaten anyone but we do not tolerate threats from anyone.

we want to we want to achieve maximum pressure but we don't want to harm friends and allies he. wants. a mean for zero export on they are now giving two countries themselves for you in for that indicates that they have maximum pressure on the wrong. and now they are changing that maximum pressure enough pressure. that's also on the question because they cannot. be needed they think against iran because now there is an american captain. ministration on this connecting iran you know that the system which enables the signs obscene

messaging that can be a. top yes the one they can all make believe but that's the air we have inside the united states between. officials in the cabin the. french human rights groups are calling for the reopening of an investigation into the rwandan genocide from the one nine hundred ninety four as after the release of a video which appears to show a senior french military officer being informed about a massacre that was taking place in an area known as the hills at the army failed to intervene. before you are the only two you can push now human rights activists are demanding answers one leader of the organization survey is a plaintiff in the case she says it was too premature to close the case while other lawyers are accusing france were in direct complicity in the genocide lines of inquiry were not sufficiently followed up to allow investigators to determine

france's military and political responsibility french military were aware that from the afternoon of twenty seventh of june on words civilians were being killed the survivors open the case thirteen years ago although back in july it was scrapped due to lack of evidence and lack of convictions but survivors of the massacre claim they asked the french military for help on june twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred ninety four but the military only came three days later already after hundreds of people were killed in the massacre and the allegation now is that the french government actually knew what was going on and specifically decided not to intervene in the genocide was committed mainly by the hutu government and its backers against the ethnic minority. tribe allegations of the french government support for the hutus who carried out most of the slaughter in the genocide have been rough on the french government's relations with the rwandan government for

years but the french although they admit that they've made mistakes they say they have no complicity in the genocide that took place there. we spoke to one of the survivors of the massacre about the video of the french offices nor of the duma must know this is video doesn't surprise me i was very happy that media published the truth that we the survivors have known this very long time it's important that the french people know what happened back in one thousand nine hundred ninety four when the military was there so you know because i

only know that promise to declassify the archives if they didn't work out it's everything he was already known and the only things i have to add is that the french people has want to know the truth. japan has been told by the un that it might be violating human rights by forcing families to return to fukushima seven years after a nuclear plant meltdown or rendered the entire area that uninhabitable the japanese government insists some areas are now safe but the un special rapporteur on hazardous substances says many feel they were forced to return. i've spoken to several mothers in particular who feel that they are being compelled to return because of financial hardship their financial assistance that was provided to them after the disaster has been reduced or eliminated however if you look at the actual recommendations what the what the international bodies say is that they actually do not know what is acceptable dose of radiation for her children and women of

reproductive age and they urge most caution and a justification of any options one of the unanswered questions that we have regarding fukushima relating to the waste is what they are going to do with the radioactive stored soil that's been stored in large plastic bags around around fukushima and where that will be disposed to date we have no answer for that either the u.n. says it's disappointed that japan's ignored recommendations as to what constituted a safe level of radiation after the nuclear disaster in twenty eleven the government suddenly raised the safety threshold twenty times and the u.n. report says such levels pose a serious danger to public health especially to that of children.

the japanese are trying to move the situation back to a status quo as it was before the nuclear disaster as quickly as possible and in many ways that's to be commended but there also may be a possibility in this is why we're concerned that the japanese government is moving too quickly and perhaps not ensuring a not a quick level of safety in particular for vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and children but japanese foreign ministry says the un's report is based on one. sided information which could cause unnecessary fears about fukushima. still to come here on the weekly on r.t. as nato is conducting its biggest military drills since the cold war in and around norway russia decides to join in and dispatches ships a nuclear bomb moves to the region we're back in

a moment. in terms of blasphemy i mean blasphemy has never actually been used nobody has been prosecuted but you are right it was only renewed ten years ago by a previous government and it really shows how out of step the political establishment has been there's been a huge movement of women and young people on days been pushing the political establishment you know relentlessly on the issue of the abortion rights because ten women a day leave the country and five others were taking abortion pills online illegally . the united states under many threats as a long warning of breaking in its treaty and other promises now the united

states says is going to leave the treaty again on. the sunday program the weekly thanks for joining us here amid america's somewhat toxic political atmosphere ahead of. hillary clinton's facing a backlash after driving that african-americans old look alike she was correcting an interviewer who mixed up two democrat politicians using a cory booker's and using comment to him in your kill file i don't know anything about him saying kick them in the shins essentially start to get to that kind of little i was eric holder eric holder sorry i know they all look. like now they tell

him i i own the money five back at clinton on twitter dumping her racist with a joke someone left a bit confused as to why there was no reaction to clinton's words of a suggested how did being donald trump uttering the same line the outrage would have been much more vocal caleb maupin reports from new york so recently there was a political figure in the united states and they were talking about these two leaders eric holder and cory booker and they made the joke they all look the same can you guess who it was who made the joke yes. donald trump. was trying donald trump trump i'll give you choices right was it a president trump and b. hillary clinton c. george w. bush or d. david duke. to trump i want to go to david duke probably say david duke actually it was hillary clinton it was

a yes interesting but it said that they all look the same i was surprised i don't think that anything but anything like it was it was hillary clinton does that surprise you. yeah hillary clinton made the joke yes you are correct oh say who are your correct yeah understand what he might be offended when someone says they all look the same in reference to these two guys no no no they came up in an interview and she said they all look the same as kind of meant to be a joke but people say it's pretty offensive. i mean that is pretty offensive yeah i see why people might think it's offensive to say they all look the same in reference to these two guys and yes she probably meant it as a joke she wasn't actually scare one doesn't so it can't be that one has a mustache one doesn't can't be that. but that's not appropriate joke is it no you understand why people might be offended by saying they all look the same about these two guys. yeah. people say the same things about me before so i mean. some people think of the chinese saying it's pretty insensitive.

especially when they don't look like it or she probably meant it as a joke but do you think that's an appropriate joke. out of. the standoff between nato and russia shows no sign of abating the alliance conducting its largest exercises since the cold war in norway and moscow organizing rocket drills in the norwegian sea at the very same time now russian aircraft passed by a u.s. flagged ship are taking part in exercises for the marines who are gathering on the deck for a group photo meanwhile nato opened its doors inviting international observers to monitor its drills and the blocks secretary general accused moscow of failing to be transparent with its exercises over the last twenty five years however just last month observers from fifty seven countries attended russia's latest drills and nato was invited as well made to always invite observers to over.

exercises russia has not and why did it in national service to end the exercises the end of the cold war nato and russia exchanged reciprocal briefings on military exercises in may allied military attachés in moscow have been invited to a voluntary observation of the exercise. the nato exercises stretch from the baltic sea in eastern europe all the way to iceland to the west of the continent a military forces from the thirty one countries were involved in the maneuvers with over fifty thousand personnel two hundred fifty aircraft and sixty five ships taking part a political analyst chris bambery things the drill fits into a larger picture of nato's buildup on of russia's periphery. what they are troubled by is that i'm to thrash around to explain why it's needful who's launching the biggest military exercise they've had since the cold war along russia's borders and that military exercise isn't just

a one off what we're seeing here we should remind ourselves is the creation of a permanent needs or presence on the very borders of russia the in violation of promises given to former soviet president gorbachev that nato would not expand into eastern europe that has happened and therefore all of this must be put inside of perspective that need to expansion and the fact that no nato or in the very borders of russia and that is something which is glossed over so it's not just a simple question of a one off military exercise this comes on the back about building a building up of a permanent building presence and while the drills focus on restoring the region sovereignty after an attack by a quote fictitious aggressor the icelandic capital suddenly had to replenish one of its core supplies.

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plan welcome to worlds apart as the western world faces the political reemergence of social conservatives there is one state that's been steadily progressing in the opposite direction bartle and one of the most traditional nations in europe has just lifted its ban on abortions and repealed a blasphemy law is it now on course of becoming one of the most liberal countries in europe to discuss that i'm now joined by ruth carpenter irish politician and a member of the irish parliament ruth it's so good to talk to you thank you very much for coming over for the invitation now i know that both the repeal of the abortion ban and the repeal of the blasphemy law were major milestones for you personally for your party as well as for your country as a whole but i think to many outsiders the main question is not so much how did

arlen do it but how did it manage to hold out for so long how do you explain it. well it isn't unusual to. church had huge control in the country since independence almost a hundred years ago the church and state were interconnected i suppose because it was a very weak economy quite a backward country and it seems that the new independent routers to close connection with the catholic church for social control. the church control of health education and specks of life include including advising the government on passing. legislation. restricting the freedom of women working class people poor people and the despite all of the control things seem to be moving very very fast in two thousand and fifteen our then became

a different country in the world to legalize same sex marriage by a popular load of both and from what i understand it was done by a fairly big margin and i think this is still a very contentious a very divisive issue in the most liberal constituencies and i find. this accession of things very interesting the fact that people would endure same sex marriage before they actually say let's say did blasphemy provision or. abortion ban what is it about arlen. kind of takes things. in very different question well. twenty fifty a referendum is put to the people but the country has been changing for about twenty years the catholic church has been in decline less and less people go to church and of course young people are much more progressive than advanced and so

the referendum. majority primarily by young people persuading older people. people shout solid. people wanted to affirm tolerance and people then said well the next is abortion now let me ask you specifically about the blasphemy law i saw people characterize it as medieval but from what i understand it's still a fairly fresh legislation i mean it was passed less than a decade ago the did more detailed definition of blasphemy what happened to your country between two thousand and nine and now to produce such a dramatic turnaround because you mentioned that the country has been changing for two decades but it seem to have changed in just the last couple of years. the political establishment have been very slow to change the ordinary people on the ground have been way ahead on all issues in terms of blasphemy.