to. subscribe to roughly. twelve euros fifty. in the story of the week the chinese leader told his military to be ready for any potential military conflict from a territorial disputes in the south china sea and worsening relations with washington. donald trump announces the renewal of all u.s. sanctions against iran while the east says it will continue to protect its business

ties with the country. and we talk to a survivor of his genocide human rights groups call for the reopening of an investigation into the french army's failure to respond to the. is the weekly here altie international with me that's all round up of top stories of the last several days and the latest up to date news welcome to the program 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 merely 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 they're giving 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'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 it in 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 and try. we worry about. work. 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. 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 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 china does not want to have a conflict with the united states but if the united states really wants to impose these scenes all do china i think the chinese people will be fully mobilized behind the chinese government to the chinese military. the company ministration is reimposing sanctions against iran that were lifted as part of the twenty fifteen u.k. deal the us president took to twitter to taunt iran with the news in

a post resembling the tagline from the hit t.v. series game of thrones the sanctions which are part of a broader set of measures include an oil embargo washington says it wants to make use of iran's oil exports to syria the u.s. secretary of state says the main target is the iranian government. before issues here core areas of a run for economy it is aim to deprive the regime of the revenues that it uses to spread death and destruction around the world. on the straits of tiran say it or great civilians who will end up bearing the brunt of the sanctions. time about manson's 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 octane things they used to tame easily the foreigners but i thought it was right i'm 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 i mean taxi 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 arming the you reining 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 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 its commitment to the iran nuclear deal brussels also vowed to protect companies that do business with iran but 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 but we do not intend to allow our sanctions to be evaded 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 cha

cha i want to see the same. with friends we need to show that he's going to want to be muscles that wouldn't be blind that's what americans. want us europeans to say to put up with economic interests and 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. aiming for zero zero exports you are on they are now giving two countries themselves for you

in for that indicates that they have on just the maximum pressure on the wrong. and now they are changing that maximum pressure to enough pressure. these. that's also on the question because they can not. be needed they think against iran because now there is an american cap in the administration on this connecting iran you know and that. system which enables the signs obscene messaging that can be a. guest on the in the mix leave but that's the air we have inside the united states between. officials in dekalb and. french human rights groups are calling for an investigation into the one thousand nine hundred ninety four london genocide to be opened

a softer the release of the video which appears to show a senior french military officer being informed about to massacre taking place in an area known as the assessor hills at the army failed to intervene. before you and he only two could 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 off 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 claiming they had 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 action. he knew what was going on and specifically decided not to intervene the genocide was committed mainly by the hutu government and its backers against the ethnic minority tutsi 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 asked one survivor of the massacre she was surprised by the newly found video. nor of the duma just notice the video doesn't surprise me i was very happy that media guard to publish the truth that we survivors had known this very long time it's important that the french people knew what happened back in one thousand nine hundred 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 published was already known the only thing i have to add is that the french people has want to know the truth. in english seaside village has found itself getting some unwanted attention in the u.s. midterm election campaign with science as one of the u.k.'s least prosperous areas

and images of its tilapia dated streets have appeared on a republican party poster pica explains why. what links this essex seaside town to the upcoming u.s. midterm elections an insensitive political one hundred that's what miracles here in jail exxon's in essex have been left fuming ofter a pro trump republican candidate for the senate for the state of illinois used a photograph of j. wick sands on his social media feed as an anti advertisement so the caption next to the photograph read only you can stop this from becoming a reality but the problem is the picture wasn't quite reality the image of j. week sounds that he used was taken several years ago and since then the local authorities have made quite a few improvements to the local area so the locals there are all rather cross country to try to pocket america are and then you come to

a cover of walking usually to different plane. when it is in america we don't remember for there right now is iraq and everything america are we here is just what sorry we couldn't refuse it winds come in use an old fire of africa somewhere and say look your town's going to look like this is the bad news. a match normally should be used or will use are going to put a good picture we've got a bit of hostility with the camera down there is it kind of do you guys feel a bit kind of burned by the negative press attention that you guys have heard yes because of the t.v. show that happened way before yeah i know you want to come study with so you become a speech in people's faces just you know we would you know people don't like it they don't like you or the offending advert has now been removed and dr nick stella's spokesperson has issued an apology or cough an apology our intent was

never to smear to town and to photo not known to us as g week sands in essex we never used a name for us it was an example of a town overburdened by poor governance which is exactly what we in our district are seeking to provide at every level back in two thousand and ten and two thousand and fifteen the government named the area as the most deprived in england in fact i was here to report on it at the time the time was thought up as a holiday resort for city dwellers back in the one nine hundred twenty s. these are all meant to be summer houses but because rents were so cheap people started living here all year round some parts of the town like tarmac roads street lighting or even pavements lost to shops that were here have been boarded up unemployment is rife in the town in fact sixty two percent of the people that live head to pend on welfare payments.

and the town isn't exactly a luxury seaside resort it is still a deprived area and even the local authorities have been keen to stress that they have invested in new roads and new drainage systems could use more money there is some hesitation when you talk to the locals as well they don't want to talk to the cameras they've been burned before by. bad press and they're keen to turn the image of the town around some concede that they could definitely use more investment but it's not up to politicians in america to judge their hometowns one interesting suggestion came from the director of a documentary about j. which she said that dr nick stella should come over here and she could show him around the town and so he can see for himself all the improvements that have been made i get the sense that the locals here would have one or two things to say to him. right after the break a frozen moment in time from the second world war is uncovered after cameras found

in a trench in russia still containing its original feel. 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 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 warning warning of breakin its treaty and other promises that the united states says is going to leave a treaty a guarantee. welcome back to the program after almost two decades at the forefront of german politics and. she was stepping down as leader of the christian democratic union party and she ruled out running for a fifth term as chancellor merkel's decision followed her party's disappointing performance in regional elections. the figures that came in overnight from her selection a wholly disappointing and bitter. politically it can no longer be business as

usual process after this result after the result of the area after the conflicts between the c.d.u. c.s.u. in the summer and after the difficulties in forming a government coalition as the previous attempts. for one between the c.d.u. c.s.u. f.t.p. and the green party would fall through. angela merkel began her political career after the fall of the berlin wall joining the sinking in one thousand nine hundred nine ten years later she became the party secretary general and then its leader in two thousand and five made history by becoming germany's first female chancellor since then she's been reelected a further three times but over the last few years the popularity has taken a hit. who

are oppression political oppression we have a responsibility to help from the based one thousand and one for refugees based on our side in 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 and so 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 happens you usually are surprised by it happening right now and this is why there. this reduce of prising that are so quickly strong the consequence is out of the juice also still a electro defeats during the last state elections in beirut and in history. on the eve of the u.s. midterm elections some politicians have been accused of playing on people's fears but as candid explained. most might surprise you efforts to influence the twenty to eighteen mid-term elections the big news and divisive stories and posts caravan of impoverished migrants white nationalists prepared to take to the streets trump administration plan couldn't race the definition of transgender but according to a new poll conducted by chapman university in california americans actual fears

don't really line up when given a list of one hundred things to be afraid of including nuclear war zombies ghosts and other terrors americans listed their primary phobia for the fourth consecutive year as being corrupt politicians. and perhaps this fear isn't exactly baseless we do have a president whose tax returns are still under wraps and he seems to be pretty blatantly doing favors for his next of kin i've heard evolved i've heard how good would be. the people that know this is nothing to do with that but does that but i want to tell you the people that know know that he wagner would be dynamite but. then be accused of nepotism if you could believe it right and trump got a lectured by tearing into his opponent hillary clinton he called her crooked hillary because her reputation for shady deals has been around for years the f.b.i. even looked into her clinton foundation the former secretary of state never shied

away from taking big sums from financial heavyweights to do have to be paid six hundred seventy five thousand dollars well i don't know that's what they offered. accusations of corruption are abundant in american politics even though they rarely make. the legal field in the united states there's all kinds of politicians being accused of insider trading lavish gifts as they say welcome to american politics but it seems that the mainstream media is working overtime to direct our phobias elsewhere there's no limit to what the russian federation do to undermine american democracy is why you know what we have to work on immigration i have a big dairy district a live agriculture a lot of undocumented workers but these things aren't even in the top ten because we have so many of the. things that relate to your life or the future of your kids and things like that not trumped up things like you know terrorism is going to get to or your bridges are going to fall down or something it's real life things that

people are worried about a part of it is the economic ones including the corruption of politicians i was interested in the corrupt politician thing being at the top because for a long time people haven't recognized how corrupt their politicians are they think it's thinking in gradually that the whole system really stinks american politicians have learned that playing on people's fears is a big seller but it seems that what scares the americans the most is the very scare mongers trying to manipulate their fears tale of mopp and r.t. new york. a comment taking back to the second one has been cut from a trying to insult in russia and against the law it's one frame from the final film in science has to find.

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