subscribe to read people also get iraqi content for just twelve euros fifty per month. america is heading to the polls in fish to be contested midterm elections with. a referendum on the trump administration these are live pictures from some of the first outing stations twice and. also to come to you when the cold war in yemen escalates significantly over

the weekend just fourteen million people face. in the country. the killing of a team teenager brings the total number of murders in london this year to one hundred eighty. says it will take a generation to solve the problem and also the race for the leadership in this party does intensify after she announced she was stepping down as the cv chief three candidates for emerging is the problem is so with i'm strongly opposed to the chance in this modern politics since. three pm here in moscow you're watching international now the first polling stations have opened across america as the country in what is being viewed as a critical midterm election and these are live pictures from the. having stations

on america's east coast at the moment in new york city. with the country divided over the trumpet ministration in the democrats desperate to wrest control of congress from the republicans campaigning has been faces that. you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for. wacko angry left wing but that's what the democrats are. two words i'm going to define the night of the two thousand and fifteen election one which kavanagh and the other is caravan supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh brett kavanaugh witches that are placing a hat on brett kavanaugh caravan invasion or about the caravan caravan.

in a series of suspicious packages sent across the country mail by mail bombs fire alarm here will keep you posted on that. believe me. well the midterm elections in the u.s. are held every four years half way through the presidential term this year americans are choosing a long list of officials including all four hundred thirty five members of the

house of representatives and also thirty five seats in the senate along with thirty six state governors but this time around it does seem to be all about one man who's not even on the ballot as colored moppin reports. usually the midterm elections in the united states are about as exciting as watching the grass grow low public interest and low voter turnout and the ads have a very amateurish quality to them. in the agenda a. then mr trump said you're right or. are. we. 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 but 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 trumps 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 power. 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 so we are going to have oversight committee hearings on their presence use of the cell phone the democrats take over that he's going to be subpoenaed to investigated to want to see 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. meanwhile some u.s. officials are raising the alarm over a possible foreign interference in the trumpet ministration has a key china russia and iran of meddling in the using social media. critical elections coming up in november and control of congress at stake twenty eight team this year's midterm election this year's midterm elections as the twenty it's a midterm election season begins to heat up there are new concerns about the security of america's election system i mean how secure are we there's been some finger pointing at both iran and china. now to a developing story we have a great news to tell you about it got us here in russia so i guess the simple question is is russia still targeting the united states no question the russians

will meddle in this year's midterm elections russia is at it again at it again russia is up to its old tricks. i mean they seem to be either willfully or blissfully ignorant of what's going on. why won't the president say that they are doing this why you see such a rush he hasn't even tweeted a single piece on russia's goal is real simple a message to the road trust to create division of social and political content carry out cyber attacks two of them or the other nefarious things were in the middle of information and meme warfare is james bond evil villain level plotting the russians they know everything that irritates this country when congress and the general public disagrees simply along party lines and the russians are winning they seem to know everything that hurts they're going after all this stuff women fighting around this country have been heating up more so they're really not articulating

a single viewpoint they have weaponized freedom of speech and the public loses trust in the press the russians are winning and the only thing stopping them is news media broadcasts like this be careful what you read they're still trying to get in our heads in this country resilience need to stand up and say we're not going to allow some russia to tell us out of those. sunday clips. who rushed us. the. election. thanks. in other news the mayor of london city can says it could take a generation to tackle the violent crime epidemic gripping the british capital according to the metropolitan police there have been one hundred eighteen murders in this city since the start of the year with more details his. 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 average of three killings a week londoners don't feel safe to quell public concerns about the rate of violent crime london's metropolitan police have deployed five hundred extra officers on street patrols 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 passes 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 of 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 for lots of crime is changing the gangs or using social media to communicate they're using mobile communications in ways that. years ago even five years ago simply was not possible back in twenty fifteen an award winning senior police officer warned to reason may who was home secretary

at the time that cutting funds for the police would risk national security we run the risk of much in communities down to two officers 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 there's no link between budget cuts and violent crime it's going to be more difficult i've absolutely no idea why three some 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 tomorrow and they've given no indication of starting tomorrow. now the world's attention has been drawn to the plight of starving children in war torn yemen where fourteen million people are on the brink of famine but after the new york times published a powerful picture of a dying girl this is her tragic story. that. is why i am a master there 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 grabbed my daughter and one home after two days she died of malnutrition 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 why signing day by day children are for tonight and leaves an altar 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 had or santa i mean. her father went to borrow money for her burial my situation is bad my hope has gone after margaret. well a photo of a mile their sworn pouring of concern on social media over the humanitarian crisis in yemen which has largely been ignored by the mainstream media but after the new york times posted that photo was quickly removed by facebook which sites its rules concerning images of naked children were fifty thousand people have been killed in yemen since twenty sixteen saudi led strikes are the main cause of civilian

casualties however cholera and polio are also putting the lives of millions a risk two thirds of the country is in dire need of humanitarian aid. where saudi arabia claims it only targets eighty fighters not civilians oxfam's representative in the region they says neither side in the conflict wants the world to know what's really going on in yemen some of the coalition of the horses dr a little known story and also your sources have made it very very difficult for journalists to get into the area and that's when you know it's really very difficult for agencies like oxfam and others to actually tell the story of what's actually happening there because we need the international media back to actually expose what's going on i mean it's horrific numbers and quite startling to see that we could have gotten a million people starving and the british government the french government the american government are all behind it all supporting this war is it's it's quite

incredible actually i mean the policy is just simply wrong and they have to stop it now to really wants this war we have to do it now we need an immediate cease fire if people are going to survive and if. you turn your head around certain out people get back all actually. the race to replace the head of her cd. to run is projecting her. will have the details on that just off the.

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the french president i'm on your macro on has reiterated his belief that europe needs its. perceived threat as the main reason. one partition of bodies will be soon this it but of what invariably or been. said i was she couldn't afford the vehicle melissa not much of a can screen over that of the security guard she couldn't because respect get off me onto our world when the odds is different. doesn't the. does it does you need. i. like i wouldn't get more details now go live to paris and correspondent there don't call to get out the name don't just talk about the timing then this announcement and perhaps the significance behind it. well and the macron is now promising to tackle the big issues like a euro army border protection and sovereignty but amidst all this talk the internal political situation in france is getting worse as the latest polls have showed

marine le pen and her euro skeptic party are polling at twenty one percent higher than macron and his party at nineteen percent and it's no wonder really because the country has as of late descended into protests just on november fifth five hundred paramedics and two thousand of their supporters took to the streets to protest a reform that would see the state defund medical transportation and on that same day matt brown found himself trying to diffuse growing public anger about the rising taxes on fuel prices in france already angry citizens are prepared to block roads on nov seventeenth in. response to this and the already is are preparing for the worst even recently there were several severe building collapses in a poor neighborhood of mar say which french politician leftist french politician john mellencamp on called an indifference to poverty so with these social problems

becoming more and more of an issue for. it seems like he'd rather be president of the european union than president of france. ok don thanks for the update that was on course there for us in paris. meanwhile in germany this actually 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 but the jury's still out as to who will come out on top in this race is there are other major contenders for the post as peter all of our reports. this is often nice if one is affected acted fast fall at the next e do you party convention december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this fourth time is the last one for me i will not run for 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 in to angle or 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 come paining 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. of the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is shining within the city and the party as a whole has to shine. on a great. abbreviated just a k.-k. is the current general secretary of the christian democratic union party and frequently talked about as angela merkel's chosen one a difficult 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. spahn 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 book or 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 did. you did this club intend to keep. making up the triumvirate of front runners is a blast from the cd you passed 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. and trends atlanticist because cosmopolitan germany. and the european. enlightenment whose most important political democracy is always with whoever gets the job being set up as the logical successor to one glimmer as chancellor how do those candidates fare. we have two competing models here one of them is represented by two alpha males who are clearly quite conservative compared to most of their ambitious and power hungry up against them is in some ways another merkel like figure who will continue with her line will be a hard sell or who wins will have less to do with which side of the political spectrum the candidate comes from a more to do with her 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 on the eventual leader of the party be one of

those three front runners we just talked about the c.d.u. will elect their new leader of their party conference at the beginning of the september and whoever gets. peter all of the berlin and that's how things are looking say faster day here in r.t. we are back again in just over half an hour headlines and more stories. when we all make this manufacturer to be sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling closest to protect themselves. with the financial merry go round be the one percent. that's not

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a more sustainable homes in front of the obvious crowds on the final. this is the ca's report i'm because or hey you know we are still on our epic voyage guns owing across america trying to take the pulse of a nation being a massive nervous breakdown heading into the most contentious midterm elections since ganga's con ruled eurasia stacy max we're heading to albuquerque maxed you're going to be able to see this entire journey on gonzo coming soon in december on our t.v. but you know one thing i want to point out is we when we're on the road we do get to see some of the crazy cable news here in america from the hotel room and it's

still crazy like three four that i feel like maybe the altitude is a little bit too high i'm not sure if i'm hallucinating what i'm seeing on the news here but it's pretty bonkers and one thing they never mention ever is not only do they not mention yemen but they don't mention china and they don't talk about what's happening with china because i think they don't understand it they're afraid of it or they want to ignore it and they don't know how to deal with it so i'm going to look at this headline from marshall our back who is a genuine progress of there aren't very many genuine progress as in america there's a left wing there they call themselves left wing because they're socially liberal but there are very few that are actually. liberal in terms of imperial vision and what what goes on so he's looking at this trade war going on with china and says this so far the big trade war loser is china not the u.s. .