stories here on america's heading to the polls. being billed as a referendum on the administration. of the war in yemen escalated significantly over the weekend as fourteen million people face imminent starvation in the country. the killing of two teenagers brings the total number of

murders in london to one hundred eighteen as the british capital says it will take a generation. the race for the leadership and. she was stepping down as. strongly opposed to the. worldwide news stories for a tuesday life. international. the polling stations have opened. as america votes in what's being billed as critical elections and with the country divided over the trump administration and the democrats desperate to wrest control of congress from the republicans come. painting has been for us.

you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for and use. this. gun wacko and angry left wing mob and that's what the democrats are because. two words are going to define the night of the two thousand and fifteen election one which kavanagh and the other is caravan supreme court nominee bret cavanagh brett kavanaugh witches that are placing a hat on brett kavanaugh care a bad one invasion or about the caribbean care of. a series of suspicious packages sent across the country mail by mail bombs fire alarm here will

keep you posted on that. believe me over. the last. midterm elections in the u.s. are held every four years tough way through the presidential americans choose a long list of officials including old four hundred thirty five members of the house of representatives thirty five seats in the senate and thirty six state governors this time around it's all about one man whose name is not even on the ballot as caleb maupin reports. usually the midterm elections in the united states

are about as exciting as watching the grass grow low public interest in a low voter turnout and the ads have a very amateurish quality to them. agenda a. then mr trump said you're right. that part. so why is the biennial snooze fest suddenly turned into a political extravaganza well it's apparently about one man i'm not on the ticket but i am on the ticket because this is also a referendum about me so let's go over what's at stake. the big one is impeachment if the pollsters are to be believed the democrats could regain control of the u.s. house of representatives with a majority they could then gain the ability to bring formal charges against the president impeachment has been on the minds of some democrats that he is

impeachable the democrats want to retake control of the house so they could move to impeach the president telling me it impeachment you think that trump should be impeached i would vote yes you would have to take a vote i would vote. now the democrats could get the ball rolling with the u.s. house but whether or not they'd be successful is a different story let's remember no president in all of us history has ever been removed through the impeachment process richard nixon came close. he actually resigned before the senate could put him on trial but impeachment fears aside a blue wave could put the brakes on the presidency. so trump's policies that's what's really at stake here if the democrats regain control of the house they could block and delay the donald's plans he can kiss that big beautiful powerful wall goodbye plus if the house goes democrat but the

senate remains republican we're going to have some good old fashioned washington gridlock two words for you government shutdown. in the case of a democratic surge we can expect an onslaught of investigations into the trumpet ministration with the house majority the democrats could subpoena witnesses and get their hands on key documents this means that all things from business transactions to furniture purchases and sexual assault allegations all of that could come under scrutiny certainly we're going to have oversight committee hearings on their presence use of the cell phones the democrats take over the house then he's going to be subpoenaed to investigated to want to seek the truth now results are hard to predict but one pattern from the post twenty sixteen world seems to be playing out pretty well at the polls americans get to choose between chaos and more chaos cable mup and r t washington d.c. and all the while some u.s.

officials have been raising the possible foreign interference in the midterm elections the trump administration has accused china russia and now even iran of meddling in the vote is the idea for trying. i want to make sure everyone's been warned i'm going to switch off the maddening madness. it just won't turn off there's no way it turns off even the idea is madness and if it wasn't for it before the twenty thousand vote journalists would have this doubt on some big breaking news breaking news tonight what appears to be the first identified case of russian election interference in the twenty two midterms quote the russian intelligence agency targeted senator claire mccaskill as she began her twenty thousand reelection campaign in her nest plenty of air time would have to be

filled with other top stories russia is added again interfering in the two thousand and eight midterm elections been told of congress mistakes do we know what they are doing what is russia's goal you can just create a whole new army try to sell any kind of mayhem or discord they can just openly and publicly shames these election tallies and spread false information here in the us if it wasn't for the meddling madness comedians would have had to work on finding inspiration do you think the russians will meddle in the two thousand and eight elections the offer was made and we've accepted. their russian so they were all messed up inside one b. . if it wasn't for the meddling madness politicians wouldn't have had the chance to prove they got the guts to stand up to prove like the senator from missouri whose reelection attempts apparently made her a target for russian scheming. i will not be intimidated i've said it before and i

will say to get on pretty consistent and parag obama as someone who is no longer bothered by putin now that he's out of the game or is he what. so the republican party its central organizing principle was the fight against communism and now they're closing up to the former head of the k.g.b. if it wasn't for the meddling madness the election wouldn't have hit america for an extra few hundred million dollars see what are you talking about who cares if the folks busy with the meddling probe said none of it really affected the actual result we can certify. with no vote who were affected that the tallies are accurate they didn't in any way shape or form that we're going to go through that how dare you someone point and people say that slap around the face of

america was almost as bad as nine eleven we have been attacked by a foreign power and have done nothing i mean would be like after nine eleven george w. bush said well we will rebuild new york and the pentagon but we're not going to worry about it well at a certain point that's what this is turning into if we're going to talk about the real meddling issues this year the real trouble is totally off your radar regrettably we've found that china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming twenty eight. election against my administration what the russians are doing pales in comparison to what china is doing across this country although you do know words and proof are not the same thing come on we haven't even heard exactly what the chinese meddling masters have been up to but that didn't stop some republicans

from doubling down on their china bashing campaign runs china started to stream and they started a long time ago that systematically abused and weaponized the free trade system really just you know just for your information mr hawley's running for the same senate seat. as someone i've already told you about. what was it won't be intimidated by that. so if you still don't get it the twenty terms is actually just a rush versus china showdown and the meddling in this league season. the mayor of london. says it could take a generation to tackle the violent crime epidemic gripping the british capital according to the metropolitan police there are being at least one hundred eighteen homicides in the city since the start of. twenty four picks up the story. it's being called an epidemic and the british capital is bearing the brunt four men have

been stabbed to death in the british capital in the space of just five days the youngest to die was only fifteen years old and that brings the total number of murders in london to one hundred eighty since the start of the year. knife crime knife crime epidemic average of three killings a week londoners don't feel safe one senior police officer has said that children as young as nine and ten are now carrying knives and compared the situation to the wild west with attacks taking place in broad daylight in front of passers by c.c.t.v. cameras but the reasons behind the surgeon violent crime are now the subject of fierce national debate police federation's blame cuts to police funding there are around twenty thousand fewer police officers now than there were eight years ago

while the rate of violent crime has shot up the home office's own leaked documents suggest that there is a link between cuts to police budgets and serious violent crime london's mayor says that it's a deadly combination we have fewer officers than any time since two thousand and three at a time when the population is going up it's more and more difficult and yet a government minister has denied the link between cuts and crime pointing to other factors instead like social media about police numbers isn't supported by the evidence or previous spikes in serious. crime is changing the gangs or using social media to communicate they're using mobile communications in ways that ten years ago even five years ago simply was not possible back in twenty fifteen an award winning senior police officer warned to resume a who was home. secretary at the time that cutting funds for the police would risk

national security we run the risk of watching communities down. offices at risk. and ultimately risking national security so up until now the government's managed to deny that slashing police budgets would put public safety at risk but as the death toll mounts and public concern increases arguing that there's no link between budget cuts and violent crime it's going to be more difficult i've absolutely no idea why theresa may who was home secretary for most of the last eight years before she became prime minister i have no idea at all washee didn't listen to the warnings the governments do know and there's a link between the rises in crime the levels of violent crime on our streets and the number of police officers for the very simple reason that they know that if there is a link established they will be held responsible they are responsible the whole

thing is a total shambles and it will take at least ten years if not longer to sort it back out if we started to morrow and they've given no indication of starting tomorrow. so the race to replace. the head of the c.d.u. party is on who are the frontrunners we're bringing to you just a moment. this is neo. all countries competing with all countries globalization no more central bank domination no more national monetary fund world bank united nations colluding in back rooms and to continue to corrupt the global.

citizens to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. want to. have to go right to the press this is what before three of the more people. interested in the water. question. join me every thursday on the alex salmond shill and i'll be speaking to. this list i'm show business i'll see you then. a program here a nazi thanks for joining us for the world's attention has been drawn to the plight of stopping children in a war torn yemen where fourteen million people face imminent famine that's often

the new york times published a powerful picture of a dying girl this is her story. i'm a mass mother our situation is getting worse and we're suffering from malnutrition and passed away from our new tradition after twenty days in hospital one of my neighbors call to say that one of my children was sick i left my daughter and one home after two days she died a monetarist her brother is also l. before she died and left her brothers at home and ran with her to hospital but she died on the way.

each person has to manage by themselves and this is one of the tragedies of the aggression and one of the tragedies caused by the war which is was and day by day children of food and nightly needs and all term so far ten children suffering from severe malnutrition have died dozens of children are suffering from diseases and medical complications and they have no funds for treatment. despite the fact that she was sick i loved her more than her brothers whatever she needed i did my best to bring that to her but i had no money to send her to highjack or santa and.

her father went to borrow money for her burial my situation is better my hope has gone astray out of. the photo of amahl so. an outpouring of concern on social media over the crisis in yemen which has largely been ignored by the mainstream media but after the new york times posted the photo it was quickly removed by facebook which cited its rules concerning images of naked children now over fifty thousand people have been killed in yemen since twenty sixteen saudi strikes are the main cause of civilian casualties however cholera and the polio are also putting the lives of millions out of risk i've got to stand two thirds of the entire country is in dire need of humanitarian aid. now saudi arabia claims that only targets who the fighters not civilians. are representative in the region says neither side in the conflict wants the world to really know what's happening in yemen. coalition holds this story

and also that your sources have made it very very difficult for journalists to get into yemen and that's. really very difficult for agencies like oxfam with us to actually tell the story what's actually happening because we need these social media to expose what's going on and we. start to see to see that. the team even people. and the british government the french government the american government. and all supporting this war is it's it's it's quite incredible actually i mean the policy just simply wrong now to stop it really wants this war we've got to do it now we need an immediate cease fire if people are going to sit on my and if. you turn your head around. germany now with the secretary general of angela merkel c.d.u. party has reportedly stepped down as she prepares to run for the party's leadership

replacing the outgoing merkel the jury's still out as to who will come out on top in the race if there are other major contenders for the post a peter. now investigates this is often nice when a spectator acted fast fall at the next edu party convention in december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this is the last one for me i will not run for a chance and i join the twenty twenty one election the queen is dead long live well that's the thing we don't exactly know who is going to step into angola merkel shoes as the sun begins to set on her career and front line politics her coalition has taken a pounding in popularity polls of late and those campaigning to try and be the next leader of the christian democratic union a just sling for position so let's have a look at who the front runners are. for the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is shining within the city but the

party as a whole has to shine. on a cramp. abbreviated to just a k.k.k. is the current general secretary of the christian democratic union party and frequently talked about as angela merkel's chosen one a default catholic she is culturally conservative opposed to gay marriage and to abortion however when it comes to migration she's on side with angela merkel's policy saying that they are in step with her religious beliefs she's also on side with angela merkel's policies internationally skeptical when it comes to russia but very keen on e.u. cooperation same old same old big problem a.k.k. could be though the people got sick of the same old same old and that's the very reason that i'm glad merkel's job is up for grabs. spawn is a completely different story however the thirty eight year old health minister seems to hate everything mrs merkel stands for her migration policy is the white

elephant in the room according to mr spann he opposes limited dual citizenship for young foreigners criticized attempts. to loosen laws on advertising abortions and called for banning the booker in public he is liked by the right wing conservative element in the party to an extent his homosexuality and marriage to his long term partner last year thought to count against him with traditionalists though when it comes to international affairs he's seen as more nationalistic and some even speculate he's the one most likely to get on with u.s. president donald trump do you think it's now do. you think this club intend to keep. making up the triumvirate of front runners is a blast from the scene to you past frederick metz was part of a group opposed to anglo-american becoming leader back in two thousand and two they

viewed the twenty first century's iron chancellor as just helmut kohl's girl from the east merkel defeated him and then ousted him from party leadership cd you need progressive political discussion and in my opinion this means the c.d.u. needs to get things straight about its image fiscally conservative he once famously wanted to digest germany's labrinth fine tax laws so they would fit on a big popular with traditionalists when it comes to international matters he's very much in favor of e.u. ever expanding union and after the greece debt debacle that's not so hot with the old guard when it comes to germany's place on the international stage it's very clear. european trends atlanticist since i became a cosmopolitan germany the roots of which lie. and the european enlightenment whose most important political allies are the democracy is. with whoever gets the job

being set up as the logical successor to one glimmer. how do those candidates fare but we have two competing models here and one of them is represented by two alpha males who are clearly quite conservative. compared to most they're ambitious their power hungry up against me is in some ways another miracle like figure who will continue with the line will be a hard sell the who wins who are less to do with which side of the political spectrum the candidate comes from a more to do with their personality and drive to fill the position the papers here are suggesting that could be as many as twelve shots in the ring for the top job at the c.d.u. however the smart money is going all the eventual leader of the party be one of those three front runners we just talked about the cd you will elect their new leader at their party conference at the beginning of december and whoever gets the job they are going to be charged with leading german politics into the post. peter all of the berlin it's been a pleasure having you with us here on this tuesday for your latest worldwide news

my colleague andrew farm will be joining you in about twenty five minutes for the meantime though nice to. see. when lawmakers manufactured two sentenced him to public wealth. when the roman clusters can't protect themselves. when the financial merry go round lifts only the one percent told. to ignore middle of the room signal. to move the real news group to the world.

ministries police forces and city administrations of many countries depend on one corporation that does what mike was hoping when the board was run from the eyes of god i'm stumped mr dalmas got a gun to drop woods as everybody got into the sea at the last also bribing them proprietary software you don't know the source code isn't that a such a security risk when you have a black box operating in the public eye to microsoft's dependency puts governments under a cyber threat and not only that some seem to think off message and put us in more . because all facilities listen to this is seldom the only one local. to most of the people in this field borden's problems with the police and this is the i still. don't miss the old vision stopping the more sustainable homes in front is up and describes in the fine.

child's seemed wrong why don't we all just all. get to shape out just to become educated and indeed train equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart a chance to look for common ground. this

is poem bus broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact upon all of us i'm bart chilton in washington glad you're with us thanks for being on board coming up today those u.s. sanctions have kicked into place on iran and other nations doing business with buy rent unless that is you received an exemption we'll dig into the details first with parties saya tab and tour and then we'll investigate the international reaction from not only nations but businesses with steve wallace bird and there's considerable and potentially consequential brecht's in the c.e.o. of straw market hillary ford which is here with the latest star to correspond at the taj this week joins us to consider where all the garbage has gone this hard retail of trash may shock some of you all that directly head but first we have some headlines let's go. the u.s. supreme court will not second guess one of the trump of ministrations first

regulatory rollbacks to limit so-called net neutrality which under former president barack obama sought to ensure all internet data be available to more people and to those particularly in rural locations the obamacare rules sought to ensure the internet was not discriminatory and outlawed such discriminatory efforts by providers of websites platforms apps or communications delivery the federal communications commission headed by and selected trump appointee scaled back the consumer friendly rule on a boat of three to two part. the line last december and a lower federal court upheld the trumpet ministrations position the supreme court today said they will not read judah kate the matter and defer to the lower court. chinese president jiang jinping gave major speech today saying the nation will open up free trade and taking what many consider a straightforward shot at u.s. president donald trump let's take

a listen to what he had to say today in shanghai that.