heads of states from around the globe gather in france to mark the son temporary of the end of world war one one hundred years ago today the guns in one of history's bloodiest conflicts fell silent for a. crucial midterm elections and trench the deep divisions in the u.s. over trump's presidency it's a split camp as the democrats seize the house and the republicans hold on to their senate majority we break down what it all means. fallout from the midterms keeps on coming with the white women in texas slammed for pitch betraying feminist values

after voting in favor of the republican candidate. i'm very tired of being castigated as some sort of racist simply based on my skin color who are you who interests are you represent if you're only as a white woman representing the best interests of other white women then we absolutely have a problem absolutely. a very warm welcome you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international bringing you all the latest headlines and a roundup of the stories that shaped the week but first countries around the globe are marking one hundred years since the end of the first world war heads of state and dignitaries from over seventy nations are in paris for this and ten ari commemorations and we can cross live to our correspondents who are there for us first to daniel hawkins who and i'm sure. bensky here is that they're waiting for

is that we both live in the french capital daniel first a day to reflect and remember one still ahead in paris. yeah indeed over seventy world leaders in attendance here in the french capital marking one hundred years since the end of the war twenty million dead twenty more million injured over four years one of the most bloodiest conflicts in history putin himself was a little late to the ceremony he didn't arrive at the palace. also being delayed for other reasons as well nonetheless the two leaders shaking hands exchanging exchanging hellos at the ceremony at the are true of just about an hour or so ago now. the speculation of what exactly happened behind the scenes has been rife now for some days and weeks will the two presidents meet on the sidelines or this or this event will they not the american side had been

chopping and changing plans for quite some time at first jordan bolton said that the americans did favor some sort of meeting some sort of bilateral talks later saying that any sort of such event would be very brief before finally saying that it was highly unlikely to happen the kremlin also speaking about the possibility of a working lunch which is taking place just here behind me at the palace. or actually sat next to each other has been confirmed as the putin did give a comment to france exclusively saying that there will be no talks as such stating that they will take place instead at the g twenty however he said that the russian side is always open to dialogue and wants an improvement in relations as americans . perhaps speculated that the reason behind this maybe didn't want to detract attention from this main event or to irritate the host president microns by devoting time especially to but full talks with his russian counterpart. the two

leaders despite their differences did meet yesterday they promised show of unity which was clear at least in their body language. we've reviewed the. other main remember incident of course took place just about an hour and half or so ago the leaders making their way back into the palace behind me for that working lunch did meet chancellor merkel yes they both for a separate event another reason laying ceremony at a memorial jewish there was a bit of a comical moment due to a slight perhaps mix up of identity. but

. i don't want to believe. that they're going to be. all that focus on behind the scenes the promo see all the speculation on closed door talks is now over which is perhaps the best of course given the main aim of this gathering of leaders here in paris that i use of course is to commemorate and remember those who gave their lives in conflict and perhaps of course as well to make some headway on some of the key international issues of the day as well indeed thank you for that that's daniel hawkins now also in paris for is as solid do bensky now so it may have been a touchy feely show of affection between the crown and donald trump there but not everyone is pleased about trump's participation that he tell us more. well that's what many people very. and happy that. commemoration of over one

hundred years since the end of the first world war this is of course the first foreign trip he's made since those midterm elections and as you can see behind me hundreds of people have turned out here in paris to protest against that visit by saying he's a man who makes with anyone so it seems. idealistic that he would be here trying to commemorate the end of the great war hundred years ago now this isn't the only protests that we've seen in paris today in fact there was a protest against directly against president trump as his motorcade was making its way almost a ceremony with a female protester running out in front of the motorcade with the words a fake peacemaker written. that was when he was all over his way that so many now the other interesting thing that's going on here is the tensions

that we've seen between the leaders of the u.s. and france now it's been an uncomfortable few days. of an interview in which he said that the u.s. aid was also the right to europe not such europe needed to create its defense strengthen its security here trump reacted to that by criticizing what might go inside and also described it as insulting this tweet said. president micron of france has just suggested that europe to build its own military in order to protect itself from the u.s. china and russia very insulting but perhaps europe should first pay its fair share of nato which the u.s. subsidizes greatly. well that has in the past been a bit of a broom and sweep train trump trump just a very year ago and they had a very strong relationship but after that tweet and a number of other in. it says it seems that that relationship has soured somewhat

contrary to smooth over saying that you can read president trump that europe needs to pay more into the nato budget. european security to be. sure this morning as you know. you should be. mine and if you believe we were sure you truly believe which ever way we can do it the best you most if you believe so you both work. well this protest is due to go on for the next few hours against that visit of president trump also many people here hijacking the protest protest against some of my homes own policies in these own country a particular group behind me were actually protesting against what they see as being the closure of the frontiers in europe and the removal of micro caps and

she's in cali but to the main part most people are here to tell president gone president. gashed president trump that he is just not to welcome here in france and as one t.v. reporter said this week he should just go home. ok charlotte thank you for bringing us the latest from those protests also supported behind you that trump balloon again that we also saw during protests in london is becoming almost an iconic trumper effigy isn't it but thank you for not us trying to hawkins' on holidays both in paris for us today. now moving on crucial midterm elections on tuesday left congress narrowly splits between america's two major parties but democrats seized the house of representatives while the republicans built on their advantage in the senate florida was one of the most contentious states a recount has been ordered there after the republicans won by a tiny margin total trunk condemns the move saying it's an attempt to steal too big

a lection the senate and the race for governor in the state but it's far from the only thing that went wrong in the vote. you know what he would do was very very few if he was told

you. the midterms have been dubbed a referendum on trump's presidency many say he's post the test with the republicans with taining best senate majority that's all that they had set before the elections but it's not old plain sailing and explains. so which party won the epic

midterm battle for control of the u.s. congress well if you listen to both sides they both won and last night the republican party defied history to expand our senate majority to found restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the job. fancy pelosi has got plenty of reason to be happy it's the first time the democrats have had a majority in the house of representatives in eight years they can now launch an investigation spree into donald trump and block all kinds of legislation but you would think they would have won a bigger blowout after all they are running against the new hitler who happens to also be a russian spy you can go for nationalism you can go for anger opposite of hitler the same type of propaganda day you would have seen in germany in one thousand and thirty eight these comparisons to trump it's like it bums me out but trump will be

outmatched by putin and i have never seen an american president simply surrender to the leader of russia we call it soccer now the donald is far from a media darling lots of media criticism and pressure and his losses weren't so bad when compared to his recent predecessors he not only maintained control of the senate but the republicans actually picked up a few seats so do lots of americans just like hitler and russian spies well perhaps they were just watching a different channel twenty seventeen was a very successful first year for president trump unlike obama business confidence is now soaring under president trump in fact the news is so good so the vote was described as a referendum on the donald so what's the verdict well the voters seem to have stayed within one of two echo chambers there is one echo chamber that loves the donald and the other that hates him the country is divided and now congress along with it definitely be us. media and the political parties have definitely created

more divisiveness and more friction between. between the parties as well as within the within the society itself and i think the media is largely in there. sometimes leaking information that should not be leaked sometimes. twisting a story a different way than it shouldn't be too it's good you know because sometimes just falsely claiming something that's not correct and that some stance made it so i think we've got. we've got a media and also elements within the government better actually creating within the u.s. government that are actually creating more of a divisive. atmosphere within the population as a media briefing following the president once again classed with the press trading playing with the portis for division within the country isn't good what the media is doing and that i do have the right to fight back on the campaign trail you

called yourself a nationalist some people saw that as emboldening white nationalist that such a racist question i would never do that and i don't use racist remarks. like in america it's people like this that cause division one of the statements that you made in the killing of the campaign do we go honestly i think you should let me run the country you run c.n.n. all right and if you did it well your ratings would be as much as i asked one of the other folks that said hartley man on this misery that's enough as president i think the other folks that said. you are a rude terrible person. mr president in going to meet a guy in jim's defense i traveled with him and watched him he's a diligent reporters boss i'm not a big fan of yours either side or staff to be honest about it still to come off to maybe two decades of war in afghanistan the taliban take part in landmark moscow peace talks with more on that off the break.

it's been seventy years since the united nations adopted the universal declaration on human rights but in many places it remains a declaration and not a reality how to bridge the divide between practice and preaching. in a world big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for

the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. come back now another aspect to choose days paul was the breakdown of who voted for whom and it's white women in texas who took some backlash for allegedly betraying feminists values that softer taking the books for the state's republican candidate ted cruz a prominent sports journalist sets off that debate. fifty nine percent of white women voted for task chris fifty three percent of white women voted for donald trump so given this numbers who is the real face of feminism. this is just the latest example of liberals and progressives criticizing republican voting women

here's a few more. what is happening why are women even voting for him yeah i don't get you ladies i meant the country. i mean the country was pretty. tons of black presidents when i see women doing that i think why are they publicly disrespecting themselves voted against hillary clinton voted against their own voice. you vote for anybody nobody you are a woman you are never going to get it and it will be looked at so i guess. i didn't. say she scared me but we posed the question of how feminism in politics to a women's rights advocate and a media commentator the tradition of women just a voting independently as they think and not based on their gender or their skin

color or those kinds of things that is true independence i'm very tired of being castigated as some sort of racist simply based on my skin color and especially and especially because i happen to be the mother of a child with brown skin and so to decide that based on my skin color that i as a sow's worry what are you voting found the best interests of there is around here the person accusing makes the person accusing me the actual racist. no it says there's no such thing as reverse racism will start there but here's the issue if you're not voting in the best interest of that blagging child and the rules around child that you have then here's the question what type of mother are you because here's the question at the end of the day we want children to be protected so we need gun laws that reflect that if you're voting against the interest of your own child in school then we have to raise a question what are you voting for the second red flag i don't care how many of

your do you have other women and their reproductive rights when you know that ted cruz is not interested in protecting protecting reproductive rights when you know that ted cruz is not interested in equal pay for other women and you know that women who are brown skin and women of other ethnicities are paid what why women are paid then i have to ask you the question who are you whose interest are you representing if you're only as a white woman work resenting the best interest of other white women then we absolutely have a problem absolutely it is the republicans by the way it is the party of abraham lincoln that actually fought for civil rights and won over the democrats so if you want to vote in accordance with what is civil rights and you would want to vote republican now thirdly she brought up the issue and we don't know that those are how to do is someone and we say when i was it was party sealed in there that's my stance and that's the feminine stance on that now thirdly when she's talking about how do you should of course what are you going to say are the limits rights of you

all of that and all that has made me girls who were aborted what about their rights if you're going to talk about women's rights what about the baby girls rights who are killed ten thousand per day every day you know i know you love my mind about republicans you talk about abortion but do you protect the children while they're here if it's ok for you to lead a school full of children be shot i do because you as a woman want to have the right to bear arms but you don't protect those children who can't carry guns inside those school i mean it's insane and so when. you talk about oh well i support a man who you know ted cruz but he doesn't support our with when you're a conservative woman you celebrate the things that you've actually accomplished based on your own you know own drive and your own freedom and your own will and your motivation and those kinds of things that's what i would rather be judged for the rather than things like going backward to things like religion and skin color and gender to me those in the whole of the way those are the issues they are they.

going to stay with and we need to get really come over here and basing things on marriage and accomplishment because because no matter what skin color or what gender you are you can be anything you want to be we're the freest best country wants and you know they have race and this that you are something to celebrate and for not i want you to whine about it and to vote with their other white community and so we're going to forget about all of those things and just stand on white privilege is all really do you resonate where she is and she wants to stand there i'd like to just say thank you to jim l. hill for her what she said i just support her as a michigan state alumni i want to say go girl. you know on friday this week moscow played host to landmark talks on the afghan peace process china iran india and pakistan were among those present at the meeting along with the taliban it's the first time the militant group at sundown for this kind of high level multilateral

meeting after almost two decades of war in afghanistan the fact that they share the same group with kabul's representatives is seen as a significant breakthrough although the afghan government and didn't send a delegation members of the afghan high security council with that instead they said kabul is ready for direct peace talks with the taliban without preconditions while a representative of the militant group told is their focus is on washington on the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country. the whole nation is with us and that hard to get somebody comes in dead against the american occupation we will not acknowledge it does a single american soldier in afghanistan that's why we should of it if it david solve it with them we have a. no i didn't go across our borders we have we want good relations specially whatever to leave us the u.s. turns down an invitation to the talks but did send an observer might go see if breaks down what may be behind washington's rejection of russia's mediation efforts

. by any measure the afghan war has dragged on for too long too many people a dead too little achieved too much hatred bred. on just one day the twentieth of october journeying elections three hundred and eighty eight civilians while the plethora of attacks so no wonder that even nato is calling for peace the tall the former must understand the continuing to fight this pointless they must sit down at the negotiating table the potential for peace is created no time to speak in many years unless of course peace is made in moscow in which case the u.s. won't support that america is skipping the moscow peace summit saying washington

only supports afghan led efforts the united states believes that all countries should support direct dialogue between the government of afghanistan and the taliban to reach an end to the war and. we've been clear that no governments including russia can be a substitute for the afghan government interact negotiations with the taliban wave which never stopped the u.s. special envoy from meeting taliban officials in cata last month for direct negotiations i think the more countries that approach the afghan government and the taleban and all the warring parties and say let's talk let's have peace rather than war that's a very logical thing for most people and for most countries i just don't think in the united states the united states at this particular time wants to see it also

the. military industrial complex in the united states is a very very big part of the us economy though guns and the planes and the ships and the bombs that they use and sell all around the world support a lot of jobs in the united states i don't think that the war is in general or going to end if they can do some maneuver to make a better situation for the united states in afghanistan seventeen years of war and terror is nato soldat countless thousands dead on each every side generation's fed and misery and violence drunken hatred and heroin finally the taliban agrees to open talks it's a huge deal ed the u.s. pastas war it seems is preferable to peace that comes with russian help

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here in kiev in recent days it might dawn independence square has turned into a full scale war zone. full clancy's in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no doubt hard to tell what you are fairly good shape already. at the problem of. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising it you know would you use a new music stockholm and you know. what we saw here today was a revolution. had to. have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals.

nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries. focus has to be on not allowing the fight on into hot war between ukraine and russia. in the city would just look when and if the new buildings to be truthful.