i've invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these another call that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. subscribe to rob people also get iraqi content for just twelve euros fifty per month. in the stories that shape the way karen r.t. china gets its military battle ready with a dispute so betrayed in terror worsening relations with washington. donald trump announces the renewal of the plea deal sanctions against iran just seeking that

angers washington's european allies who vowed to protect their business interests in the islamic republic and british m.p.'s really come for his middle east minister over london's continued arming of the saudi air campaign in yemen that has a new poll finds that nearly half of brits run aware of war there even exists. hello there welcome the latest news and a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to watch and we can hear an r.t. international now the president of china has instructed the country's military to be wall ready as tensions increase over trade and territory but should we say it is posturing or a genuine response to a real military threat. 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 game ik they're 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's sovereignty and security interests that beijing sees china and taiwan as two parts of a whole two chinese entities same culture ethnicity 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 seeing his warships right between the two china's eyes in one thousand we have expressed our concerns to the u.s. side the 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 interim. if you worry about. i don't worry about things. let's be greats 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. it's 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. 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 at a cross rolled the united states has been pushing china round he really. 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 armed conflict with the united states but if the united states really wants to impose these things aren't to china i feel the chinese people will be fully mobilized behind the chinese government the chinese military meanwhile on friday even trumpet ministration announced that washington is reimposing all sanctions against iran

that were lifted as part of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal donald trump took to twitter to taunt around the news in a post resembling the tagline from the t.v. series the game of thrones well the sanctions which are slated to come into effect on monday follow america's unilateral withdrawal from iran you can you dream and 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 penalizing states that refuse to hold him ports of crude oil from iran u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or he says the main target is the iranian government . the sanctions hit at 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 however paper on the streets of toronto with us is ordinary iranians he will end up bearing the brunt of the sanctions. time about manson's a hard to come by because of sanctions no doubt if you are caring for a patient your life is affected by these sanctions sanctions decrease the quality

of life a speech will cannot now obtain things they used to have team easily the forms for them but it was i am a merchant in a century cannot trade with businesses outside of iran any more it would take its toll and we have yet to see to what extent that affect ordinary people and merchants. actually every year or every two to three years they say new sanctions will be imposed so people have gotten used to sanctions but that doesn't mean we accept them and it doesn't hurt it means we've had them so long they don't affect us anymore they harm the regime in nation they have always been there for the past four decades and they've been harming the you reigning in nation all along their inquisition that's why many other. states that are on the sanctions like russia like many others 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. well despite the pressure coming from the u.s. the european union has confirmed the block's commitment to the iran nuclear deal brussels also vowed to protect european companies doing business with iran however despite all the tough talk washington may be more flexible than it's letting on. we ask all nations to isolate iran's regime. as long as its aggression continues we do not intend to allow our sanctions to be invaded by europe or 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. i want to see the thing. like that who needs enemies. who want to be don't want to be blinded to what americans. want us europeans to say behind the economic interests and would want economic relations with iran. we've never threatened anyone but we do not tolerate threats from anyone.

we want to achieve maximum pressure but we don't want to harm friends and allies either and we're working our way through that. very. aiming for zero zero zero are now giving to countries themselves for you. or. that they have on just to get maximum pressure on the wrong not the folks. and now they are changing that maximum pressure to enough pressure whether these trials will succeed or not that's also on the question because they cannot. the need they think against iran because now there is a difference in american cabinet minister ation on the disconnecting iran from the international system and they have the science messaging that can be.

tough and against iran that in the mix we've bought that's the area of business inside the united states between the office of officials in the cabin. the research says that the devastating war in yemen has claimed fifty six thousand lives over the past two years some five times higher than previously thought and some british m.p.'s are losing patience today with the u.k.'s role in arming the saudi coalition leading the nation there a parliamentary committee this week grilled britain's top middle east diplomat over relations with riyadh. you have a problem with condemning murder and international violations of into international law in conflict mistakes are made the only thing that we don't do is actually press the button to drop the bomb arm supplies are there for those who need to defend themselves the amount of raids targeting civilians has gone up north and if these

are aware is there seem to be an awful lot of i do not agree that if the united kingdom was simply to. deny its support for a party which is under threat and so in gauged in support of illegitimate government i mean if we did that. it would go but is it your. model british charity has found that almost half of people in the u.k. are actually unaware there is an ongoing war in yemen even though their country is the second biggest supplier of weapons to the saudi military boyko has more on those findings in just a moment but first here's a look at just how much of a toll free years of war has taken on the yemeni people.

hi do you know what's happening in yemen. but. i'm afraid i suppose. no no sorry what's happening in yemen. now there's a war soldier rubia. kind of some middle east politics i have no idea really do you know what's happening in yemen sorry do you know what's happening in yemen. is taking the lives of thousands of civilians and caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and yet according to a new poll almost a conference the people in the u.k.

have no i did that there is a war taking place in yemen a war in which a saudi led coalition is conducting a deadly campaign event strikes in an attempt to drive out who the rebels hope you carry don't know about most things happening in russia but if i can imagine china's terrible why do you think that is no enough has been said about it depends on what the media synthesizing at a particular point in time we can through and says public knowledge and opinion so you think it's under-reported good the war in yemen isn't just another humanitarian crisis in a far flung parts of the world the saudi led campaign is being waged partly thanks to a hefty supply of british made weapons the. u.k. government happens to be the second biggest supplier of arms to the saudi kingdom after the us according to the latest figures u.k. military sales to riyadh increased by two thirds in twenty seventeen from the

previous year the mother of jamal khashoggi has brought the u. case closed to strategic partnership with the riyadh into the spotlight now an increasing number of politicians here in the u.k. are calling on the government to explain its unceasing support for the saudi led war in yemen perhaps if more of the public knew about it the government would be under more pressure to. reporting that still to come here on the weekly ahead of the midterms more americans apparently are questioning whether the country's two party system is actually fit for purpose or story more just after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race in this hearing dramatic development the only really and. i

don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. you know world of big partisan. lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

welcome back to the way he now 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 rendered the area uninhabitable the japanese government insists though that some areas in their safe but the u.n. special report on has a substances says that 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 be international bodies say is that they actually do not know what is acceptable dose of radiation for children and women of reproductive age and they urge 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 store 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 well the u.n. says it is disappointed that japan's no would recommend day she says to what constituted a safe level of radiation after the nuclear disaster in twenty eleven the government raised the safety threshold twenty times the u.n. report says that such levels deep a significant danger to public health especially children's.

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 night a quick level of safety in particular for vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and children. but the japanese foreign ministry does say that un's report is based on one sided information which could cause unnecessary phase a back to. in other news with the midterm elections looming in the us opponents suggest that the majority of the tea party systems that date is unknown so flawed many a third option to throw their support behind this kind of pain. in the united states we have a first past the post electoral system where essentially voting for a third party is throwing your vote into the garbage or at least that's the mantra

coming from the media really people who say oh yeah you know i don't know about hillary and so i voted for jill stein is that you wasted a vote in north carolina for jill's my guess the hardest thing for an independent is to convince the voters you're for real and that it's a viable choice and they're not wasting their vote the only thing that was kind of holding them back when you talk to them is they would say oh i don't want to waste my vote likely one of their vote to count i grabbed vote republican because i want i'm not going to waste my little as an independent in ohio earlier this year there was a special election in which a democrat was narrowly defeated by a republican twitter lit up with outrage not at the democrats for perhaps running a less than effective campaign but rather at the green party for daring to participate in the political process and win a few votes. de green party can you please wait to make you a symbolic votes and a time when our government isn't being overrun by white supremacists. you know what

so i immediately think the green party tonight on russian mentally. green party voter don't tell me you cure by environment if you know your vote to make the difference between a damn winning over rap and used to choose to vote for a candidate who has no chance of winning now the u.s. state of maine tried to correct this with a new voting system essentially voters get to rank the candidates from best to worst and if no solid majority can be established by their first pick then the second votes are calculated in order to pick a winner the idea is that one can still vote against one of the major parties and have their voice heard in the final results but in maine the state legislature overturned this new voting system and it was a big legal battle to get it going now there's other states eyeing something similar but there's a lot of pushback what i hear is that people do want to have it depended and other parties come to the freighters so they're so tired and sick of the political

dysfunction because the democrats are the public is that i think americans are really looking for a choice i think the united states to use it like that so there are only two parties and they don't want to let anybody else come into existence because. i think they both secretly know that other parties are not sort of corporatist parties but actually there are parties out there and independents out there that actually do want to advocate for the people but of course they don't want us to get in there because then we would win and they would most americans view the two party political system as outdated but the mainstream media continues to play the you're either with us or against us card so the voices of the majority of americans remain silenced in the political process caleb mop and r.t. new york. now an israeli clothing brand pro overnight camp. painfully true no model who tears off in a cab under the tagline freedom is basic the ad also pointedly refers to one of israel's biggest foes to the video has been viewed thousands of times across social

media and on the model's own page but it's triggered an angry reaction which has led to the ad being removed. oh. please don't miss basic first of all you're dumb if you think this is considered freedom this is just disrespectful in so many levels this campaign is supposedly designed to call out racism and bigotry and support freedom funny because this is the exact opposite of supporting freedom can't be bothered by cheap islam or for the cat like this by who does let them have their freedom and will have ours when they saw that i was angry how could that be. today's world it wasn't just me who was angry pretty much everyone that saw it got angry as well and a woman's rights advocate we spoke to says that the advertisement is out of sync

with the values of those who see it. my concern is that the advertisement is not only not in touch with the consumer that it's advertising to it doesn't seem to have the enough respect there were guards for their way of life people are allowed to choose how they want to live a belief system and what they want to live within this belief system in unfortunately when you do something like take off the burka or you know when you say that you know freedom is basic and that this type of covering does not represent freedom it is considered in my opinion to be you know out of touch with the view of that religion we're just not going to be at during controversy in the election candidates in the city of rome released this campaign last month it depicts a woman wearing islamic along with a caption suggesting it could be anyone's through what if they married

a muslim partner the post is drawn condemnation in the cities i report into religious marriages are largely discouraged in israel well obviously again. the clothing choices of women are best left to women this type of covering does not represent freedom who are you to decide whether these women are free or not if they are comparable in this way of life in this religion then that's a decision that they're allowed to make if you participate in you say i personally no longer want to wear his job that's your personal choice but to say that it's it's not freedom for those women. i think it can very much seemed to come across as not understanding and not respectful of that particular religion and culture and what we've got to do is provide the resources so that if women decide that they want to live in a different country to live

a different lifestyle that those resources are there would be more. weekly here not international thanks for the company the softer name we're back again with more news in the headlines at the top of the. you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. united states under many present as a long war going to have a break in its treaty and other promises not the united states says it's going to

leave the treaty again. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know lawyer i mean your list put video producer in the new bill is that i'm new school in the middle of the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. those who took part in this today over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. did

the study fellow man woman that you met him when i did i mean it letting us know. about. princes my hands and heart from paper cuts of exploding traffic forced upon features. children. and innocent men bees and. young. children. for a country. for profit. for yourself. when you smile. killing has become just like a video game joystick steers a drone towards the targets and with a simple press of the pots and a bomb drops and detonates the explosive is real just like the people it falls on.

villages in afghanistan or pakistan from the safety of a bunker in the u.s. . so how do you feel about the trip. was three three film yeah exactly so is it really important that the relatives of the victims honestly that's a slum a bought in time. otherwise with nothing well you can go to the tribal areas anyway because of security reasons. i'm fewer flights that are you know. thank. you from america please send me number and we'll that's the important thing and. i'll call our producer ok and then we'll figure out just where you could look all the best.

but a lot of times i hear according to the bureau of investigative journalism there have been more than four hundred drone strikes in c thousand and four killing around a thousand in the sense of billions and that's just in pakistan a local contact just taken me to meet a man who narrowly avoided one of those strikes. on the. phone from the government on the. middle my mum on a good number you know men out of love in these times and on the phone. and nothing that is going if he's going to come in but. i look at them.