you. know one thing i'm going to. give you that you will be. a tremendous success that started from this verdict on the republicans holding on to the senate in the midterms however the democrats retake the house of representatives saying it is in fact a huge blow to the president. it's almost. like this in history ever we have a country in. trouble well there was a record breaking turnout among early voters but the election proper did encounter some problems today with huge queues polling stations opening late and voting machines breaking down. also to come this hour

a jewish organization in germany called on the government to put on special integration classes newly arrived muslim migrants amid a spike in anti semitic incidence and a photo of a palestinian protest looking like a famous painting of the french revolution goes viral we speak to him about his experiences protesting at the gaza border where he was shot by an israeli soldier. that welcomes four pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now americans have made their choice in the crucial midterm elections amid deep divisions in the country. still indicate the democrats will take back control of the house of representatives while the republicans retain the senate the vote has garnered massive attention but in this election it's not just the party divide that will be remembered.

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ranger right so we know that. there was going to sears for men and those you know where you know. where you. live you. will trump has dubbed the election results a tremendous success however democrats insist they are actually a huge blow to the president. it's about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the champion. of america spoke up. and took back the house of representatives so tonight is a night to celebrate how far our movement has come. for the lives of. several others have announced the senate going into republican control that's a huge mess. and

a huge victory for the president seville testament to the fact that many voters who want their state wide officials to be people who will continue to have this economic boom going are voting in favor of freedom and free markets because the first time in eight years that the democrats have had control of the u.s. house of representatives now this is centrally means a split government and with control of the house of representatives the democrats will have the ability to launch more investigations into donald trump they'll have the ability to subpoena people and bring them before congress also they'll have the ability to get their hands on some key documents now people are asking could this mean impeachment now the way the u.s. constitution lays that out the democrats with control of the house will be able to bring impeachment charges against the president however it is the senate that would vote to remove the president in the event of an impeachment trial so the senate remains solidly republican however at this point a government shutdown is

a real possibility because in order for legislation to pass the u.s. congress both houses have to sign on to it so with the democrats having the ability to shut down legislation they could essentially shut down the government as has happened under the obama administration and appears that while the senate remains republican the democrats seem to have maintained and won control of the u.s. house of representatives kind of math and reports now larry king shared his thoughts too on the midterms with america but we're going to have that holds a split government were to disappoint in this country might even be healthy. the last two years have been turbulent to say the least this is an important election night live through a lot of them but i've never been through one like this. business about trump prompted an election for again strong. prompt probably he couldn't roll the media

over the last two years it's almost at a point there's never marry thing like this in history ever i know donald for forty years the one being the state you made stacy and you make very few in your life donald trump does not have a bruised ego. remains constant in other words what he will say is a couple of things democrats stole as in the house i know you noticed that we kept the senate because and most of my time was devoted to this is that he will take credit for whatever it doesn't matter what happens if we don't last the senate he would have blamed the world we've never seen anything like this in politics ever know that i'm trying to picture. fifty years from today they put up till portraits of american presidents right now i'm trying to see washington jefferson. rose. reagan.

from. picture that i just never saw him as president and so what we have used accomplish some things but we have a we have a country in a lot of trouble well the f.b.i. warned of potential russian interference in these midterm elections however in a washington post article entitled forget the russians it's americans peddling disinclination and hate speech former f.b.i. agent clint watts notes the real metal is right actually a little closer to home. everyone's witnessed the playbook playing out now that any russians say much they've learned the tactic is devastatingly effective. nevertheless ahead of the midterms both u.s. intelligence agencies and social media giants have promoted their work to stop supposed foreign meddling mainly from russia on the eve of the election security chiefs even issued this dire warning to voters. americans should be aware that

foreign actors and russia in particular continue to try to influence public sentiment and vote perceptions through actions intended to sow discord. ok what they say we can talk with dr mark shanahan now he's a professor of american politics reading universe thank you very welcome mark thanks for coming on we were just running a story there saying a comment from a former f.b.i. agent saying that he believes it's americans themselves that are stirring up divisions with this information and lies not so much the russians i mean a fair comment you think. i don't think you can discount russian influence on any of the modern western elections going on but this election that happened last night was by the american people for the american people and the biggest disruptor and spread of disreputable news and sentiment probably was the president himself what's driving this division then in america gee

think mark. three years a very very angry politics trump is a campaign of first and foremost he is a one trick pony president who absolutely thrives when he's on the campaign trail but his rhetoric is absolutely laced with. negative politics and that sews division that has emboldened such people as the pittsburgh. or the pipe bomber to step out from the shadows and do awful disreputable things in the last couple weeks even during this campaign this is the man who is delivered that divided states of america not the united states. it takes two to tango there doesn't it mark i mean i know from what you say you point out present trump himself as being divisive but plenty has been said on both sides. the democrat position is largely a reaction to what trump has to say the biggest problem that the democrats have at

the moment is that they're not able to get their own policy ideas out and into play they're very very defensive and they spend their whole time countering trump because he owns the media agenda he's tweeting first thing in the morning and that captures the news cycle might last through the day so whenever the democrats are give them space to speak it's normally in response to something that trumper said earlier they've got to find a way over the next two years of getting their messages out first when you hear trump say the results here of the midterms have been a tremendous success what's your reaction. oh it's probably the biggest greatest triumph ever in the history of the presidency he will always say that this is a man who doesn't exactly suffer from impostor syndrome he thinks he is the greatest president ever and in his own mind but it's probably true this is actually a significant reversal for him for the first time that he's been in the white house

he will have one house of congress who actually will be scrutinizing what he does and will take great pleasure in subpoenaing people around him who will take great pleasure in opening investigations who might even on earth his tax return. trump might like this at all but he probably won't wake up to the fact of how dangerous it is to towards him probably until about january february next year i mean terms of the sort of practical implications we might see is the public looking on what sort of ramifications could we see them politically with these results. it's going to be an awful lot harder to try to drive his agenda through. congress now for the first time he's going to have the house opposed to him so things like building the wall on the border of mexico is going to become a lot harder to raise funds for and any legislation that is raised in the senate is going to be pushed back by the house and vice versa so what we might have is

political paralysis for two years and how much does that help trump now that he's sort of increased his strength in the senate. well the races were in the wrong excuse me the races were in the wrong places. that the potomac wrote this time around. yeah have a drink of water mark twenty twenty will be a very different situation the yeah sorry twenty twenty will be very different more of the seats in the senate. that favor democrats or are challengeable will be in play it will be harder for him having the senate is good possibly he can get more conservative judges through for instance. but it's not enough losing the house is a really big thing ok mark we appreciate your time today we hear you're losing your voice to get back to that water but we appreciate that is dr mark shanahan

professor of american politics at redding university thank you. jim these leading jewish organizations calling for special anti semitism classes for muslim migrants it does come amid a spike in hate crimes targeting jews peter oliver has more on the story. jewish community leaders in germany say they want to see integration classes for migrants that focus on them saying that this could help stem a rise in london so many incidents in the country many of these people have been chewed by regimes in which anti semitism is essential and the jewish state is denied the right to live to prevent the worst norio we need to live the integration courses to these people much more proof. by country of origin the official statistics back of a rise in crime in germany just over four hundred were reported in the first half of twenty eighteen knots up ten percent on the same period last year the vast

majority of these were committed by neo nazi and far right groups but the leadership of germany's foremost jewish organization paints a bleak picture of the future saying he sees more problems coming from migrants one of the most shocking cases of twenty eighteen was caught on camera she shows him a dish she's. going to do you think showing a nineteen year old syrian mali going to be using two men from berlin for wearing a kippah going as far as to attack the men with his belt jewish leaders have cautioned against wearing the traditional skull cap so as not to draw attention in berlin we've seen reports of jewish children becoming the target of anti semitic bullying in school and this summer ten people were arrested after a brawl in a park which started after one group of people from syria snatched away a star of david necklace worn by a jewish man also from the same country over one million refugees and migrants

event in the country since twenty fifteen and as chancellor merkel points out some have contributed to the problem of noir we have a new phenomenon as we have many refuges a man whom there are for example people of arab origin who bring in another form of anti-semitism into the country i fortunately anticipate is what existed before that i met with burly rabbi yehuda take that and i asked him how bad the situation is and if he agrees with extra integration classes for migrants focusing on anti semitism the problem with anti-semitism in germany today is unfortunately growing fears much worry about the developments in germany especially due to the fact. that many refugees have come from countries which they were breastfed with hate towards israel and towards jewish people of course we welcome everybody but at the same time being a refugee doesn't only have merits it also has obligations it's not something that

only affects the jewish people this affects all people that honor and respect democracy and want to live in a society which respects all people so we have to understand that this is a very serious top agenda issue also for the leaders of the german government and we strongly encourage them to take it in that manner this week sees the eightieth anniversary of kristallnacht or the night of the broken glass when jewish homes and businesses and places of worship were set ablaze by nazis with the nascent support of out of hitler's government while the situation in today's germany is thankfully a long way from out of the one nine hundred thirty s. that period of history continues to cast a long shadow peter all of the bill in. nashville had a star football received threats after refusing to wear a british military symbol well have a look at that story. just after the break. the

but. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the lawn. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be rich. that you'd like to be close with what looks like three of them or can't be good but . i'm interested always in the waters and look out. for certain. small seemed wrong when old roles just don't call. me old yet to say proud disdain comes to educate and engage with equals betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the. so again our star midfielder one of england's top football clubs received harsh criticism on social media after refusing to wear the traditional remembrance ahead of armistice day which does mark the end of world war one when saturday's match matched united in the menu mattie decided not to wear the flower he explained why on instagram. i recognize fully why people wear poppies i totally respect everyone's right to do so and i have told sympathy for anyone who has lost loved ones to do conflict however for meat is only

a reminder of the bombing of serbia in one thousand nine hundred nine on reflection i now don't feel it is right for me to wear the poppy on my shirt the poppy was first introduced to remember those who died in the first world war however its meaning has been extended to represent all foreign soldiers. takes up the story now from the serbian capital belgrade. it's not every day you see a professional footballer take a hard political stance but that's exactly what manchester united and serbia's pneumonia did regarding wearing the poppy well you would think that this would pacify all the tension because it was heavily criticised for not wearing this poppy but yes some people took to social media to deliver a lot of abuse towards the serbian player now some were suggesting that he should be injured others were saying that he should leave the country and play elsewhere but in serbia his decision received some praise i appreciate it decision politics shouldn't be involved in the sports i would do the same from this country. suffered

more. twenty years from this. country where. one of these are. not the bed. we don't like not the part not the soldiers but even in the england itself pneumonia much is explanation left very mixed response some people actually defended him and said they respected his choice after all he was not even an english player but say that to stoke city's james maclean from republic of ireland who also refused to wear a poppy and got so much abuse coming towards him that it just you know the social media literally exploded with vile things said about the republic of ireland international player and he even had somewhat of a confrontation with the fans at one of the recent stock city's games so all this basically raises a big question what is wearing a poppy in england

a symbol of remembrance or something that you can use as a stick to hit a player if you refuses to wear it based on his nationality. their. reaction to the story in london the decision not to wear a puppy. if he lives and works in britain yes issues are on the national dish and poppy days especially yes it should but he obviously has a great personal feeling as to why i think you just have to respect his previous chairman if you're actually doing it. like that then i think really sometimes you should swallow your own personal opinions as to show respect for the people around him and his family and his even his team to show respect he should i feel like he should webb i wish we just stop making wars and celebrating the fact that men die they moore's that's not something that we will do or if i may anyway.

the palestinian protesters has gone viral for its similarities to a famous painting of the french revolution the protest has now become a symbol of resistance. does it look familiar especially to the french reminds me of liberty leading the people by using the marquardt a very powerful image. of the law go to the great modern return demonstrations to live with dignity and to take back on land this i will never leave our good every day and god willing our dreams be achieved.

i put the flag down and started throwing stones with my sling shot so my short me only carries a sling shot from the flying. i was hurting women and they were facing off with weapons. had. moved to do this in a great march of return demonstrations flag in one hand sling in the other when i saw my photo i was moved to go back. where there has been widespread criticism of israel's use of excessive force against gaza protesters israel they were insisted it's the palestinians who inciting the violence the so-called great march return demonstration at the border has been taking place for over seven months now and at least two hundred ten

palestinians have been killed with more than eighteen pounds some people who. make regular has been rocked by anti-government protests for over half a year since april more than three hundred people have been killed in them that's according to local human rights groups investigative group redfish visited the country. we're trying to understand what's happening exactly at the moment i mean it's very difficult to keep up with the rival demonstrations. nicaragua's civil unrest began in mid april twenty eighth and has left school or state in hundreds injured it began after the government of president daniel ortega proposed social security reforms protests followed and the government soon ditched the proposal but the violence continues. to nicaragua now where thousands of people are fleeing violence

as the government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters the international media have given widespread coverage to these student videos in opposition protests so on the way right now to meet with the student activists she was at our university when the initial protest movement began in april but she soon found herself being threatened by the opposition. when isis seen. the then call me and says i made a. move. you'll come and say i suspect that person i had a what and i mean that i mean. they are all puppet also what i mean is that i don't say. that the sierra the national endowment for democracy any d.

has provided millions of dollars to the groups leading government operations in nicaragua today in twenty seventeen for example the ne d. provided an anonymous organization with eighty six thousand dollars to foster a new generation of democratic youth leaders the international media lays the blame for the civil unrest squarely on president done a lot. sagan and his government and highlight opposition voices while providing little to no context of the role of influential actors like the us government nearly forty years later are still trying to overthrow or take god. with that i don't know how you. whether the thirty of them.

what we did the national endowment for democracy foundation for their views on this situation although so far we haven't received a reply. not is the news for now here in r.t. don't forget that we've got a website full of stories too you can find that. just manufactured to be sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sit.

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say they're standing by and we joined by an expert grant page of magnetic material systems to talk about a technology which could change some of the world's most troubled places plus artes scientists have endured takes a look at oil resources in the u.s. gulf of mexico and wow is this amazing and later we talk about offshore oil production in the u.s. there's an unusual question on the voting ballot in the state of florida at first it may just seem puzzling and dumbfounding but molly barrows tells us not so fast all that directly ahead but first with some headlines let's go. we start our global report in the east where china and pakistan have agreed to trade using the chinese yuan and pakistani rupee as the currency rather than the u.s. dollar the move comes as others including russia and turkey have been making similar efforts to deal link from the u.s. dollar the decision was formally announced as pakistan prime minister omran khan

business and met with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. and in japan the cabinet has approved legislation to ratify a massive free trade agreement with the european union effort to be implemented by feb first under the agreement japan is set to remove ninety four percent of their tariffs and the e.u. will remove ninety seven percent in sectors including but not limited to agriculture seafood and products the deal covers roughly thirty percent of global gross domestic product and around forty percent of all world trade interestingly the collective g.d.p. of the e.u. and japan is nearly the size of the nafta nations the us canada and mexico. venezuelan president nicolas maduro continues to look for ways to.