subscribe to rob people should get already conjured for just twelve euros fifty per month. leaders from around the globe gather in francs a month to send tannery commemorations to world war was one hundred years ago today the guns fell silent and one of history's bloodiest conflicts. issue is manifesting in modern day politics refused to be studied line because crowds gather in paris to protest against donald trump. his bosses are being called peter being replicated so it is in france today the sort of french issue is a global issue and that's why we're here protesting he's not welcome here is no welcome anywhere. in the stories the shapes the week the u.s. midterm elections entrenched deep divisions that split over donald trump as the

democrats seize the house on the republicans retain their standard majority will break down put it on me. and the fallout from the midterms keeps on coming with white women in texas slams perpetrating feminists values on the 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 or you who interests are you representing 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 watching the weekly here on r.t. international bringing you all the latest headlines and a roundup of the stories that shape 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 the centennial re commemorations the events have included laying flowers to remember the victims of the war similar ceremonies have already been held in a number of european countries including the u.k. and belgium the day is also important from a modern political perspective to as world leaders gather to discuss some of the more pressing issues they early attended a working lunch in the elise a palace plenty of interest had been building over the on off meeting between the russian and american presidents however it was only reported that the two leaders sat at opposite sides of the table during a lunch and hinted that talks would more likely take place at the next g. twenty in argentina while we have correspondents on the ground in paris they've been there throughout the day donna hawkins on shallow do bensky first let's go to daniel and dan a solemn occasion what have we seen so far this sunday. where

we've seen over seventy world leaders attending paris today for those events of commemoration and remembrance at the trio preceded by photo opportunities and followed by a working lunch at the palace early say to commemorate those hundred years since the finishing of the first old war twenty million people killed twenty more million in what was four years of bloody conflict the visitors the leaders arrived to pay their respects to those who lost their lives a lot of speculation took place in the days and weeks building up though about two particular leaders namely do the president trump america president putin of russia as to whether there would be a meeting of any sort if there would be what exactly that would take bilateral talks or a working lunch the american side at least chopped and changed their plans quite a bit in. saying that they did favor some sort of talks between the two presidents

before later saying any sort of meeting will be very brief. saying that it was highly unlikely that any sort of contact would take place at all this was confirmed by president vladimir putin here i've slightly late to the ceremony who shook hands with him on the shoulder and they did allegedly exchange some communications work and. indeed that nothing would take place today instead saving any sort of for the g. twenty in argentina this is what he had to say. it would be good if we agreed not to interrupt the schedule of commemoration events since the organizers asked us not to hold any meetings we will probably meet at the g. twenty summit or later in any case we are ready for dialogue it is not us who are leaving the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the americans plan to do this however we are both aimed at restoring dialogue. a

presidential aide also stated why that meeting didn't take place he mentioned that the meeting was planned for quite some time a agenda was written but at the insistent request of the french side they decided not to go ahead with that mr putin also gave an exclusive comment to the from paris we were lucky enough today to get into the pilots early say or at least into the courtyard alongside much media from all over the world. previously having been so lucky particularly during the french election when they were the noid access orders given from the highest levels and mr putin also had a comment to make about that. was. we have always heard from our western partners that one of the main principles of democracy is freedom of information creating lists and special counsel switch decide which media is bad and which is.

good this is unacceptable this has nothing to do with democracy. as we mentioned any prospects of a meeting between president trump and putin war council out due to the insistence of the french side indeed donald trump and president together yesterday before the main event today and despite some frayed relations juden we sometimes some differences on key international questions of the iran nuclear deal trade tariffs the paris accords they put on a show of unity which they try to make visible at least in their body language. well out media speculation second guessing on diplomacy behind closed doors what

exactly would happen if any meeting would take place was driven away by the end of the day when it became clear no meeting would take place and indeed perhaps that is for the best after all these world leaders here today all for the aim of commemorating and remembering those who gave up their lives in the war and indeed with the peace forum now taking place just down the road from the palace for those leaders to have some sort of discussions to perhaps ease some global tension some political differences set them aside and take a step towards making sure that no such tragedy ever takes place on a global scale ever again andy thanks very much for those details daniel that's not cause live to other correspondent in paris today i saw a deep sea and judging by the body language between mccraw and trying things look very affectionate very touchy feely but some people aren't so pleased about donald trump's participation that today what more can you tell us. well

a lot of people law and credibly unhappy the president from peace here it's a commemoration of one hundred years since the end of the war in fact some of the figures suggesting ten thousand people across the city have come out into protests just like this at this one they say a few hundred people have come out here to say that they don't want trump to be in paris some of the signs just behind me i don't know if you can see it says trump equals garo which is in french and many other people holding their signs and symbols out in fact some people actually dressing up as power trump individuals to get the message across that they don't like president trump they don't like his policies i've been speaking to people taking part in this protest and they say this is a man who is making war with everyone so the idea that he's here to mark a piece ceremony that took place one hundred years ago is an affront to not only those people who died in that war but also an affront to the people that they say his policies are affecting at the moment they say those the policies everything

from the environment rule making the forms illegal forming in syria also the policies that they say are going swimming discriminating against refugees and migrants and in fact it's not just people from france have come out here to show their dislike of trump to show they dislike this is ministration we've also been speaking to some american an irish ex-pats he said it was just so important to be part of this protest today to show president from that he's not welcome this is why they said they were here. american citizens living abroad and were part of the woman's march and for us it was important. to say that chomper is a disgrace to america and we think that time does not represent american people who is a professional is not somebody that i would look up to in any. shape or form you know

any shape or form i just think you know he's putting america germany no america supposed to great again it's not great again you know trump concerns everyone is not just an american issue is a global issue and every decision that he takes every single country will follow and we have other countries like brazil we have other countries like even in the u.k. a bit this policies are being copied are being replicated so he's in france today he's not a french issue is a global issue and that's why we're here protesting he's not welcome here and he's not welcome anywhere. well those are just some of the views here in paris at this particular protest but as i mentioned this is one of many taking place across the city up to ten thousand people expected all said to be on the streets today to make sure that president trump knows that he's not welcome here in paris by those individuals at least in fact as he was making his way to that almost a ceremony just a few hours ago there was a protest

a woman actually running in front of his motorcade with the woods alone her body a fake peace maker and that's what many people have said today this is a man and i believe who is making war with everyone and i saw one sign this sort of summed up the idea is here this protest is a bit of a take on america i make america great again which trump is very well known for saying and it was make america good again because that's what people think here is that at the moment the policies that have been spewing out of the trump it is straight policies that are making war not peace and they want america to be good again. john hawkins i'm sure they do penske in paris thank you for your reports that today. let's talk cross live to international affairs commentator jonathan steele to discuss this further mr still always a pleasure to have you on the program now it turns out not to appear to donald trump didn't get that one on one meeting today as was hoped. do you find it

surprising that they didn't get back time i mean we're hearing that apparently the format didn't allow discussing topics like syria or sanctions on the sidelines and also if they do manage to have the talks at the g twenty summit coming up at the end of the month should we set our hopes high that something substantial will be discussed. saves a matter of protocol the french president didn't want to see the whole mystery sermon has to be overshadowed by a push and meeting and as you say that very soon in a few weeks time in argentina sort of makes sense for them not to try and have proper talks here you can't do much in half an hour you're going to need to call this session to whether that would actually lead to to anything in argentina is another matter because there is so much difference of opinion between the united states and russia as to president putin pointed out in that brief clip that you

played earlier there's the question of the american swiss who are in from the into muted range nuclear missile treaty this question of climate change that's a question of sanctions on iran so the big. wide gap between russia and states it's hard to see it pretty can be bridged very quickly a person did however manage to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and we've seen how relations have been strained between the two countries just back in september israel shot down that russian act is syria pushing relations to what's critical point how do you view relations between moscow and tell of if going forward from here. well look the russians are still very deeply engaged in syria of the war is not yet over there as they have their forces and the israelis have made it clear up till now it used to reserve the right to be able to strike any kind of very new. forces in syria that

may be helping hezbollah which is the main threat as far as the israelis see it to their sovereignty and in israel. but since that was a very unfortunate incident a few weeks ago when a russian economists plane was shot down by the syrians but mistaking it for an israeli plane. but it's been patched up i think and that's not confirmed by the fact that it's in your input in due to have a very brief meeting today in paris so i think that he blood spilt on that occasion is now being set up. now it's a very significant day for people all around the world and at the same time there are a huge number of prominent national leaders gathered in paris all of the same time do you think we can anticipate any important decisions being discussed still reached today. so i don't think it's an occasion for the decisions or even the discussions as you say and i think what was really interesting was the president i'm on your micro in his speech which got to be put in and donald trump

had to listen to because they were sitting there but was saying that nationalism is on the rise around the world and it's a very dangerous thing and in fact nationalism is a betrayal of partridge is what we want is part true to ism and collaboration between nations moral values of solidarity and internationalism and nationalism runs against that and that was a very strong criticism of course of president trump who has come out quite openly recently saying i am a nationalist and saying america for us to get on with it and of course president putin is quite a nationalist himself as well so that in a way back rover's repudiating all refuting the minor way both of those foreign leaders. are looking back at some of the clips from today we've seen a very touchy feely show affection between no trumping mccrum pops more on the part of mccraw. showing his affection towards trump now they were trying to have it lashed out at him across the. on twitter just before we arrived in paris that was

ever. proposal that europe may need its own army we can just have a quick listen to what vladimir putin had to say about that. alternative military forces are not a new idea president micron has simply revived it europe is a large powerful economic unit and obviously it seeks independence and sovereignty in terms of defense and security i see it as a positive process in terms of strengthening the multipolar world. so what's your opinion on this mr steele do you think europe doesn't need its own military. well i think in europe certainly needs a certain independence and i don't think there's a good chance for europe to collaborate more and better and more deeply we don't really want another great sort of set of ami's we need to deescalate the whole military spending on the whole sides and for europe not to sort of start beefing up

spending to separate separate itself from nato and create new defense arrangements probably has a very stiff resources but it's interesting i think too for trips that you played from president putin just now that he's welcoming the idea of europe getting together this is a lot of mis reporting and misinformation saying to put in most astute europe and fragmented to break it up and to demolish it and so i think what he said today goes against saying that he wants a strong europe and united europe and i think that's very positive but i think still international affairs commentator thank you for joining us on r.t. international today. that one of the big stories of the week the crucial midterm elections on choose day left congress narrowly splits between america's two major parties the democrats seized the house of representatives was that while the republicans built on their advantage in the senate florida was one of the most.

states a recount has been told that they're off to the republicans won by a tiny margin the old trunk condemned to the move say gets an attempt to steal too big a lections the senate and the race for governor in the state but it's far from the only thing that went wrong in the thought. that it would know it would be. right if you moved here from here

revolting you. the midterms have been dubbed a referendum on trump's presidency and many say he's polished the test with the republicans retaining the senate majority as they had set before the elections but

it's not plain sailing a scale of movement expected. 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 that. fancy palosi 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 as they don't learn 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 on the 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 to blame there are. sometimes leaking information that should not be leaked sometimes. twisting a story a different way than it shouldn't be twisted you know because sometimes just falsely claiming something that's not correct enough to stand cheated 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 when aspects to the u.s. make ten elections that continues to stuff is the american public's reaction to him who voted for whom white women in texas took some backlash for allegedly betraying

feminists values off the taking the books of a state's republican candidate ted cruz a prominent sports journalist set 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 quiz the real face of feminism well this is just the latest example of liberals and progressives criticizing republicans though saying women is a few mall. what is happening why are women even voting for him yeah i don't get you ladies i meant the countries. i mean the country was pretty but. we have 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. and by you know for anybody nobody you are a woman and you are never going to have it and it will be. so i guess

but. then i didn't. say she scared me we pose the question of how feminism works in politics to a women's rights advocate and a media commentator. the tradition of women just 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 i sounds are only what are you voting for the best interests of the hearings the person accusing makes the person accusing me the actual racist you know 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 boy you get the rule 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 the 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 who interest are you representing if you're only as a white woman workers into 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 did she list someone and we say when i was it was a 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 say of course i want to go this is a war of the limits rights i mean 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 girl's rights who are killed ten thousand per day every day you know i know you're blowing 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 by with when you are

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 eating holding those are the ones that we say 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 you want to put in the race and this that you are something to celebrate for not i want you to whine about and to vote with their other white community and so we're going to forget about all of those things and just stand on my privileges so i don't really do you isn't it where she is and she wants to stand there i'd like to just say thank you to jim l. hill for what she said i just support her as

a michigan state alumni i want to say go gurl. if you have something to say with love to herit so do get in touch by following us on social media and leave comments that will be back in about half an hour see them. coming welcome to worlds apart seventeen years after the united nations as the universal declaration of human rights in many parts of the world it's still a declaration rather than leave reality and that's not only because upholding human rights is hard work for many societies but also because of the hypocrisy and

toltecs associated with the issue to divide between preaching and practicing out of reach to discuss that i'm now joined by peggy pixley director of the u.n. human rights office thank you it's good to talk to thank you very much for your time. now you gave a number of interviews and reach you talked with some alarm about the advent of the post human rights era and before we talk about these new phase let me ask you about be human rights era which supposedly preceded it how would you define it chronologically and how was it different from what we see around us today right well i think i have to clarify and i am not an alarmist about where we're heading on human rights i think what's happened over the course of the seventy year history of the universal declaration is that there's been a global understanding of certain basic rights fundamental rights that all people have and that we've been working together over that period to try to implement them and i think globally we've made enormous progress and i always say that i'm i'm very glad to be a woman today rather than

a woman in my mother's generation or my grandmothers and i think my daughter will. we'll live in a world that's that's probably better off for women's rights than my generation was so it's that type of progress that we see during the human rights era and yet it was also during the period. wars were launched on false pretexts we saw legalized torture research secret prisons the. dehumanization of abu ghraib i mean all those abuses that were supposedly committed by human rights respect and actuaries abroad rather than at home i wonder if let's be clear i mean there the basic premise of universal human rights is that human rights abuses occur every place and anybody who tries to say there are countries that are rights respect and others that are not isn't isn't really taking taking account of that reality from the united states myself and in the united states there are all sorts of groups that work on human rights or be.