to fix the broken. subscribe to rub people already cultured for just twelve euros fifty per month. in the stories that shape the way here on our china gets its military ready for war i mean trade in territorial disputes and worsening relations with washington. meanwhile donald trump says the renewal of all pre nuclear deal sanctions against iran a decision that angers washington's european allies who protect their business interests in the islamic republic and u.k.

and pays for the country's middle east minister over britain's continued donning of the saudi air campaign in yemen passes a new poll finds that nearly half of those crazy in the u.k. are unaware of war even exists there. but i welcome the latest developments and look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching we can here on r.t. international now china's president has raised the specter of a potential conflict after instructing the country's military to be ready for war but how much of this is actually merely posturing. reports so here's the thing the chinese government almost never says anything you wouldn't expect that's their thing their gimmick their incredibly careful reserves. 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 oh how did we get to this well trump for one aside from land blasting the chinese at every opportunity is tariffs 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 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 floating his warships right between the two china's. 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 in trump where. i don't worry about things. much less be great never worrying about anything unfortunately. others are 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 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 at a cross rolled the united states has been pushing china round 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 armed conflict with the united states but if the united states really wants to impose these teens are. i think the chinese people will be fully mobilized behind the chinese government and the chinese military. meanwhile on friday the trumpet ministration announced that it is reimposing all sanctions against iran that were lifted as part of the twenty fifty nuclear deal the us president took to twitter to taunt the news

in a post resembling the tagline from the hit t.v. series game of thrones the sanctions slated to come into effect on monday follow america's unilateral withdrawal in may from the iran nuclear agreement new sanctions come on top of those who already imposed by washington and focus on oil pain lies in states that refuse to hold crude imports from iran the u.s. secretary of state says meanwhile the main target is the iranian government. the sanctions hit a 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 while people on the streets of tehran it is ordinary civilians who 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 is people cannot know octane things they used to have team easily deforms

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. hachim every year or every two to three years they see 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 raney a 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 this sharp tool or weapon blunt's and make you know take it off the menu even for future u.s. administrations if it goes ineffective. despite pressure from the u.s. the european union has confirmed the bloc's commitment to the iran nuclear deal brussels is also vowed to to protect e.u. companies that do business with tehran but despite all the tough talk washington could 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 invaded by europe or any body else. you know 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 child i want to see the same. with friends who needs enemies who want to be muscles that wouldn't be blind it's what americans do want us europeans to say economic interests a move one time economic relations with iran. we 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. aiming for zero. you were on they are now giving two countries themselves for you. 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. the disconnecting iran that starts the system which enables the. messaging can be. tossed against iran that in the mix that's the area of difference inside the united states between. officials in the cabinet.

ok let's get the thoughts now aside mohammed and the politics professor at the university of tehran and he joined us and you're very welcome thanks for coming on thursday what's your take on this because initially when this story broke the u.s. was saying it didn't want anybody to evade sanctions and now is handing out to eight different countries why do you think it sort of backpedaled slightly. i think there are a number of issues one of the united states is beginning to recognize increasingly that iran influence is much greater than they had anticipated although i also believe that the americans from the very beginning were hoping that iran will somehow capitulate to their demands out of fear before we reached that stage but i i think the very fact that the sanctions which the final phase of the

sanctions which will begin tomorrow the fact that they about absolutely no impact on the iranian market today the dollar is actually depreciated slightly today and over the past few weeks there has been no major turn the markets are all normal it shows that the psychological impact of what the united states is trying to do is quite minimal the few months ago there was a large amount of concern among iranians and then we had the sharp drop in the iranian currency persian language american and western funded media outlets tried to create great fear among iranians a big bad they were carrying out a psychological warfare campaign against iran v.o.a. b.b.c. persian iran international which is funded by saudi arabia along with a host of others they were basically trying to create fear in the country so that there would be a run on the market and two things have happened one is that after

a period of time that fear has gone away and second of all the murder of. gemma how shocked she had a huge impact because it basically swept away this this campaign against iran and it really turned the tide against the united states. are you surprised that these waves that were issued didn't extend themselves to the european union. well i think it's an insult it is a bit surprising that the americans would give waivers to the chinese or the koreans to the japanese but not the you and i think it's a sign of how. the united states feels towards the e.u. and they treat them with such contempt and the europeans are seen as really worthless in the eyes of the united states their their complaints or their protests or their views when it comes to iran and i think that really in the long run this

was the united states more than it hurts anyone else because these are the most important allies of the united states they always like to see themselves as a part of one that's a cultural and political and. civilizational camp whether that's true or not that's another thing but but the way in which from treats them i think is very significant and it isolates the united states even further and for the iranians this is a good thing because it the isolation of the united states is a good thing the fact that pompei o goes to. riyadh is or saudi arabia is laughing with mohamed mon and smiling together and all of the cameras after he's murdered and. dismembered the body of a dissident and the body has disappeared i think this this all of this works

against the united states because the international community sees the united states as complicit in all that saudi arabia has done by remaining silent by allowing it to carry out this really holocaust in yemen so. sadly what the saudi behavior in yemen or its behavior in its own consulate. this is disturbing but the way in which. it's reality isolated the way in which you know things behave towards a tie i salute isolate it further and that this is this creates very important opportunities for iran ok so we could talk a lot longer but we've run out of time i have to leave it there was side mohammad marandi politics professor at the university of toronto. in the past two years the war in yemen has claimed five times more lives than previously thought that's according to new research which does say that fifty six thousand people have actually been killed and now some british m.p.'s are losing patience

today with their country's role in arming the saudi coalition which heads the military incursion there a parliamentary committee this week grilled britain's top middle east diplomat over relations with riyadh do you have a problem with condemning murder and international violations of into international law or incomplete 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 roads troll between civilians is going to look north to if these are all there or is there seem to be able floated that i do not agree that the united kingdom was simply to. deny its support for a party which is under threat and so engaged in support of the legitimity government i mean if we did that. it would go but it.

well a survey by a british charities also found that almost half of those questioned in the cave were actually unaware there is a war in yemen even though their country's the second biggest weapon supplier to the saudi military party boyko we'll have more on the findings in a moment but first here's a look at how just how much of a toll three years of war has taken on the yemeni people.

hi do you know what's happening in yemen. told my. mom afraid i suppose. no no sorry what's happening in yemen. there's a war soldier rubia. for 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. it's taken 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 it depends on what the media synthesizing at a particular point in time which influences public knowledge and opinion so you think it's underreported it's 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.k.'s close 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 act. boyko than i would is an end of an era in germany as chancellor merkel announces she won't run for the top job the next election we'll have a look at that story just after the break. 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 and dave been pushing the political establishment you know relentlessly on the issue of the abortion rights bombed because ten women

a day leave the country and five others were taking abortion pills online illegally . the united states under many press as a long warning out of breakin its treaty and other promise that the united states is going to leave the treaty again. come back to the weekly now after almost two decades in national politics angela merkel announced on monday that she was stepping down as party leader of the christian democratic union adding that she won't run for chancellor either for

a fifth time merkel's decision comes on the heels of her party's latest disappointing performance in regional elections. that the figures that came in overnight from her selection a wholly disappointing and bitter. but it is it can no long. business as usual for us after this result has after the result of the area after the conflicts between the c.d.u. c.s.u. in the summer and after all the difficulties in forming a government coalition as the previous attempts to form one between the c.d.u. c.s.u. f.t.p. and the green party fell through well i'm glad merkel began her political career after the fall of the berlin wall joining the c.d.u. in one nine hundred eighty nine ten years later she became the party secretary general and then its leader in two thousand and five merkel made history by becoming germany's first female chancellor and since then she has been reelected a further three times but over the last few years her popularity has taken a hit. for

the old days he misery who oppression political oppression we have a responsibility to help them based on the geneva convention for refugees based on our sign policy and article one of our constitutional whether we want to. measure it along political or russian ality this move by going to merkel is not

surprising at all because her party was losing. confidence among the electorate and the reason to speak the burden of this party was anglo-american herself so it was quite rational for her to leave office as party chairman but they were the less whenever something important happened you usually are surprised by it happening right now and this is why there was really surprising that anger merkel is so quickly stronger consequences out of the disaster still a electoral defeats during the last eight elections in bavaria and it has. now there are reports that fifteen civilians have been killed by u.s. led air strikes on syria according to local media women and children are reportedly most of the victims in the city it is into israel province in the east of the country it's far from the first time saying that the coalition stands accused of

killing. civilians last month the mask has called for a u.n. probe after reporting over sixty civilians were killed in a u.s. raid on to believe is in the same deities or province but we sent a request for comment on the allegations about the latest strike to the u.s. led coalition and it told us that terrorists were killed and critical facilities were also destroyed adding that a battlefield assessment is now under way you've been watching the weekly here in r.t. we're back again with more news for you at the top of the. 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 period dramatic development only really exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. time to sit down and talk.

and. i am not terrorists i am rather this. these days no matter where you are in the world the chances are you. can strike anywhere and thousand probably won't have the slightest idea. and if you won't see it coming.

soon are you. been given a license to kill. villages villages the houses the mud houses the bomb and sometimes the terrorists and then you see his ally who. kills. children for a country for profit. smile. 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 let's say did blasphemy provision or. abortion what is it about arlen it kind of takes things. in very different ration 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. and people showed solidarity with people and wanted to affirm tolerance and.