subscribe to read people get full rugby content for just twelve euros fifty per month. top stories here on r.t. prime minister to research may says she's ready to a stop at issue a more productive relationship with moscow despite describing russia as a global threat. and israeli warplanes unleashed massive air strikes on gaza in response to hundreds of missiles being fired from the enclave. a new study finds that retired american soldiers who took part in the so-called war on terror the struggling to find housing.

by tuesday november the thirteenth annual latest stories live from moscow welcome to the program on our international. the british prime minister says that she wants a better relations with moscow in the same speech though delivered in london she described russia as a global threat adding that any improvement in ties as well condition we remain open to a different relationship one way russia desists from these attacks that undermine international treaties and international security and we hope that the russians state chooses to take this process if it does we will respond in kind to resume a delivering this speech to the lord mayor's banquet gathering of some of the most wealthy and powerful people here in. the course of her speech to possibly

hold out the opportunity that there could be a fork in relations between the two countries holding out somewhat of an olive branch during her speech now this all comes against the backdrop of the year of degraded relations between. and russia especially in the wake of the incident in salzburg which source script while the former double agent and his daughter a union poisoned with a substance thought to be no reach or can do of course in the wake of that incident the u.k. government laid the blame squarely at the feet of the russian government who in turn denied any involvement in it whatsoever and offered to help in the investigation an offer which was rebuffed by u.k. or thorough and the reason may again repeating in the course of her speech that she held the russian state responsible for what happened to the script we could not turn a blind eye to the threats we face. this is open economies and free societies

we needed to increase our collective resolve to tackle the most pressingly those threats emanating from russia now last year to reason may also gave a speech to the lord mayor's created tradition for the prime minister to address the event every year and on that occasion she too took aim at russia although then she was accusing the russian government of involvement in meddling and hacking into a number of elections in western countries sustained campaign of cyber espionage and disruption this is included meddling in elections and hacking the danish ministry of defense and the put them to stark among many others it is seeking to weaponize information deploying its state run media organizations to plant fake stories and photo shopped images in an attempt to sow discord in the west and undermine our institutions now it remains to be seen whether this year's speech will result in better relations between the two countries there are some who are

skeptical and say about to resume a speech focused squarely on russia and put the onus for a more open relationship on their shoulders and had no mention of issues of concern to russia like the ongoing exposure of nato towards russian borders things like nato troops taking shape and carrying out exercises in places like poland or what russians say are western attempts of destabilization and meddling in places like the ukraine and until all of those concerns are also addressed perhaps somewhat skeptical to think that this speech could lead to better relations between the two sides we discussed the maze remarks with political analyst john white and u.k. independence party m.e.p. david coburn theresa's. this speech was also. reaching out to. russia was in the form of the mother reaching out a constitution child then promising says that it will be forgiven if it was to

change its ways this is not the way to accept that any countries and less western governments start to see the world through russia's eyes and understand how russia sees things then there will be no meeting of minds and this will just go into the box marked questing governments must start to learn sooner rather than later they must also listen as well a speech we should be diverted to to make keep friendship with russia and make sure that the beads were appropriately bought in the future rather than make things more difficult if you try trying to lose all these things that quietly without shaving a big stake i think we need to be more sensible in our dealings with larger we need to do trade with russia if that that's the way to to move forward quite is probably better in shanxi as. israeli warplanes have unleashed

a torrent of bombs hitting targets in gaza of us came in retaliation for hundreds of missiles being fired from the enclave it is that the most intense escalation of hostilities in the region since twenty fourteen. the israeli military says it destroyed over one hundred targets including a hamas intelligence center and a t.v. station according to sources on the ground at least three palestinians were killed and many more wounded. well israel in turn says it was only responding to heavy shelling of the territory staged by militants in gaza.

and what you just saw was the moment an antitank missile fired from gaza hit an israeli bus five people were injured in that attack one of them seriously all together militants in gaza fired some three hundred seventy missiles and israel around one hundred of those were intercepted but someone landed in residential areas injuring fifty three israelis. the events of last night were preceded by a covert israeli raid which result in the death of eight palestinians including a local militant commander and israeli special forces colonel was also killed and a. professor of international law georgetown university told us the situation in gaza is fragile. these attacks still there any attacks is going to alienate the palestinian much further because anyone who would be injured would lose a dear one a loved one in these attacks would not harbor any good feelings for the israeli

do you as. administrations in general and particularly this one and this present president has been doing exactly what israel would want what israel considers its own interest in chaos like this would lead to all kinds of unexpected things not in the best interest of the us on the long run and i think not even in the best interests of the jewish people in israel and the israelis in general but this is something that only the future will determine. a new study has found the u.s. soldiers who are part of the war on terror are struggling to make ends meet they are facing greater hardship than veterans of previous generations scallop often now investing. veterans are the favorite cause of pundits politicians and anyone else

who wants to appear patriotic across america there is no shortage of support our troops bumper stickers flag waving and praise for the military remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation who gave their last breath in a distant land fighting terror gave everything for family country god and freedom or you our respect our veterans are a national treasure their sacrifice will not be in vain but all that bombastic praise an expression of gratitude doesn't exactly translate to a good life studies show that veterans of the war on terror are among the least likely to be able to afford a home once they return to the united states that's right those who've risked their lives in conflicts around the world are among those who struggle the most for basic needs like shelter with housing obviously veterans are going to space you know a whole host of related challenges combined with all the ways in boy moved to a new legal situation to is but the general perception among the population when

you have twenty two veteran suicides a day is that veterans don't make particularly good employees i'm tempted to stay stones that are proud to t.s.p. and in combat but it's really somewhat deeper than that in a big part of what my generation of veterans was based mean in the united states day particularly unique combination of mental health issues that come out of the unique nature of the occupations of iraq and afghanistan and the treaty that we get from the v.a. is i have experienced myself where bill was hillsborough than actual effective treatments the trauma suffered by many veterans takes its toll on all of society just recently a former u.s. marine gunned down twelve people in a california bar here or heard of maybe suffering from p.t.s.d. or crisis. and i thought that was i don't understand i was part of this. question one the deputies went out to the call with the crisis team that felt he might be suffering from p.t.s.d.

facing that the fact he was a veteran had been a macor the war on terror has had a massive humanitarian cost the latest study puts the death toll at around five hundred thousand half a million but the authors of the study admit that it's actually much larger and additional a large number of people have died in these wars by indirect means researchers suggest that in recent conflicts for every one direct death there are at least four other indirect deaths not surprisingly among veterans many are starting to ask is all this bloodshed really helping a lot of veterans and we know are starting to understand the these wars and fundamentally legitimate that the stack of spices they need me were not made just in vain but not even in a righteous cause but who are the perpetuation of the current system of governance of the this live under throughout the world where people in charge get to treat people who aren't like broccoli the perception of the wars in iraq and afghanistan

has definitely changed over time you're in the united states i think just. a matter of going oh yeah we get it now that we were lied to that we were taking advantage of it as a people so badly and you convince to support these invasions and occupations many americans feel that during the vietnam war big mistakes were made and how veterans were treated that's why we see a huge amount of flag waving and support for military families every time there's a pentagon intervention sense that however at this point a lot of americans are starting to ask if supporting the troops is really just about flags and bumper stickers a lot of americans are wondering if supporting the troops means that maybe we should be more cautious about sending them into harm's way so routinely and if we should be maybe more concerned about giving them a decent life once they return from conflict kaleb up and r.t. new york. singapore is hosting the thirty third annual summit of which world leaders exchange views of regional and international concern china is looking

to upgrade its positions of russia's president vladimir putin is thought to be seeking to seal some arms deals with u.s. president donald trump is conspicuously absent also on the agenda as what's built to be the world's biggest free trade pact reporting from singapore. well one of the key things everybody's watching out for here in singapore is the fate of the so-called regional comprehensive economic agreement and comprehensive indeed it would be if it comes into fruition of course because this is countries it seeks to unite together they make up almost half of global g.d.p. so it would make the largest free trade bloc out there it is being spearheaded by china and it is said to income to encompass schools all to the konami realms of economic sphere of life but it does need some positions from countries like india for example who do not want to make concessions when it comes to their importing

tariffs that their economy for example enjoys right now now another thing. here is the aggravating rivalry and hostility i should say between china and the united states and indeed the two countries of a lot of things they don't see eye to eye with each other it is the south china sea where china wants the united states to stop conducting military drills in of the united states pretty much ignore this it's the trade war and lots of other things and other countries that are present here at this summit they fear that maybe we'll have to pick a side between china the regional powerhouse and the united states that views itself as the globally dominant power so and really neither president trump nor president xi jinping is said to arrive here none of them are attending this. so with both leaders absent is the hopes that these differences could be resolved well

pretty much few child another good person from the united states who is coming here well he's expected to only you could make things worse because it is vice president mike pence and he is what he's been saying about china not so long ago china has initiated an unprecedented effort to influence american public opinion the two thousand and eighteen elections and the environment leading into the twenty twenty presidential elections and china wants a different american president so he isn't the nicest one comes to china as you point his remarks have been combat to the remarks made during the cold war and so there is no solution in sight here in singapore to this rivalry and we'll be following that story throughout the day here on our international the r.c.n. summit the thirty third annual edition of we're back with more in just a minute. numbers

. matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars and. more than ten. percent. thirty percent. some with one hundred. twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars. but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one.

one. it is good to have you with us today there are some in the united states complaining of i suppose with war on christianity at american universities in one incident ne wisconsin technical college was allegedly stopped handing out cards containing the words jesus loves you she sued claiming her freedom of speech had been violated but a court threw out the claim siding with the college which augie that she was stopped only because she was in a stop only area now and other christian students but berkeley university is facing calls to resign abstain from a vote on

a resolution supporting the l.g. bt community. the librarians at simmons college published a guide at warning christian so the phrases merry christmas happy easter and god bless you a so-called micro aggressions against muslims we discussed the issue with legal analyst lionel an editor dave lindorff. if this were any other religion any other situation nobody would have any problem with this nine that would be it would be up understood it would be it will be tolerated there would be diversity it would be understood but if it's christianity if it's jesus on college campuses today no go guaranteed and that's just really not true i mean i my wife teaches at temple university in philadelphia and there are christians all over the campus handing stuff out all the time no problem. there's bigger problems i think with with

muslims because there's some harassment of them by other students but you know in general i think in general it's live and let live with religious railing on campuses we can say that temple is different than columbia and columbia never than this but in this country right now it is absolutely verboten there are two sets of standards one of the i like it or not it's not legal but that's the way it is culturally christians are over here and everybody else is over here it's that oh atheists agnostics no problem we understand it's a huge exaggeration and it's it's being used to promote this notion that everybody's becoming intolerant and you know it really isn't but i will tell you that as someone who is a leftist that i experience that kind of intolerance not for religion but for politics twice as many professors in the last three years have lost their positions

for things they've said and published and left then right wing professors david horowitz was running around trying to get legislation passed to get universities force force universities to hire more conservatives on the on the of the false claim that there weren't enough conservatives in the university when this president came and something how. when donald trump became president every he put ten she hated every lunatic around it is beyond comprehend that will it was happening also as it's becoming more and more and more these kids think it's ok it's ok for you to be sad and for you not to hear things and anything you want will be accepted. today released a u.s. intelligence memos on alleged russian meddling have failed to produce the smoking gun that many were hoping for. jacqueline novogratz bus tickets being the land of

the free and all the u.s. freedom of information act is a beautiful thing promising to keep citizens in the know about their government but it doesn't always work out so well in practice one request followed by a buzz feed and a transparency group now that a top secret letter sent by u.s. senators to then president barack obama who wanted to know more about claims russia meddled in the two thousand and sixteen election so what information came out of the request well we're not totally sure the information is big surprise heavily redacted we've actually known for almost two years that the letter existed but now we can see a bit more of what the senators were demanding apart from the redacted bits of course. we write to request to the extent possible you declassify and release the public additional information related to the russian government and the us election despite the broad national interest in the topic this new information has not been provided to the american people now it turns out obama himself never responded but

the acting director of national intelligence did get back to them two months later and that letter is amazingly not redacted at all but maybe that's because it contains no actual information essentially it thinks the senators for their concerns but makes it clear that statements and reports already made public by the intelligence community would have to suffice but the thing is those past documents weren't. i opening stuff for one the lottery refers to a statement made in october of two thousand and sixteen that concluded with confidence that the criminal order of the d.n.c. e-mail hacks and that conclusion was apparently based on the fact that the leaks were done in russian style the recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails are consistent with the methods and motivations of russian directed efforts these threats and disclosures are intended to interfere with the u.s. election process such activity is not new to moscow the russians have used similar tactics and techniques across europe and eurasia if it acts like a russian and it plots like a russian it must be a russian you may also remember

a report that was released in january of two thousand and seventeen to which the letter referred the senators ike is ations of nefarious deeds by moscow are based on high confidence and the assumption that nothing in russia has changed since the fall of the soviet union the only other thing we got from the freedom of information request were some talking points put together by intelligence agencies but it simply it's all just more of the same varying degrees of confidence in russia's guilt fill the document and variations of the phrase consistent with the methods and motivations are russian directed efforts can be found five times that one surprising bit is the answer given to the question of whether moscow was working to get trump to the white house no direct response is given even though collusion with russia is treated like an established fact by many despite a lack of evidence and that's all folks the rest meaning any sort of concrete proof is left to the imagination brings to the thorough censorship of uncle sam. the big

question is is there any real such evidence and i have great skepticism as to whether there is any i mean when you're looking at these documents it appears that the intelligence community essentially came to the conclusions that they wanted to on russian interference without having the evidence that democrats you know obama you know being the head of his party had an interest in keeping this story a lot so they didn't want to release information that frankly would lead to the conclusion that there was no basis of support. to claim that russia interfere in the election. statue of a sikh soldier goes from the indian subcontinent to fourth in the first world war has been vandalized in the u.k. the incident happened in smethwick in the west midlands the statue was put up one week before. commemorations of the end of world war one which is five days later

the phrase no more was sprayed along the base it's previously used for indian soldiers serving in the british army. a member of the town's neighborhood policing team concern over the vandalism he has assured the community that a full investigation will be carried out and there have been several recent cases of hate crimes against sikhs in europe in august the doors of a temple in edinburgh were petrol bombed there were no injuries but there was

damage done to the building in february this year a sikh man was assaulted outside parliament in london while waiting to meet an m.p. a man tried to pull off his turban before shouting muslim go back home. sixteen three teenagers detonated a homemade bomb at a sikh temple during a wedding party in the german city of. well a member of the u.k. based sikh foundation told us discrimination comes from various different places. we serve. to see. that we are. experienced crime. in the last twelve months when we ask people where they've experienced discrimination it often came from things like police offices teachers a school. immigration officers of the ample seems to be people in positions of responsibility are actually the very people who should be trusted are the ones that

are carrying out this forms of discrimination the way they treat you simply because you look differently. plenty more stories for you on this tuesday here were naughty international the program returns at the top of the hour. that whole russia gate hoax never got any traction as then no prob but it's great troll day and i think trump is pleased that he got increased seats in the senate and you'll get barking mad nancy pelosi hitting the russia gate hoax button every single day which will drive ratings for rachel maddow but it will do nothing to help them win twenty. with this manufactured game sentenced to public will. when the right

wing closest to protect themselves. with the flame and clear your realm to listen to the one percent so. we can all middle of the room sick. to leave the. room. oh. good. there's.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to. yes with the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see that. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the big bad world of business and finance i'm bart chilton washington thank you so much for being on board were so pleased to have you coming up today the october auto sales numbers are out and we have to hard code lauren fix what she's makes of the data and we ask her about a cadillac program that's going away of the dinosaurs and facebook is coming under

increasing scrutiny and it's not only in the united states steve malzberg joins us to discuss plus we take a longer look at privacy issues around the world with international regulatory attorney miles edwards and later host of the big picture right here in r.t. america holland joins us to talk about generations see and tells us about their decidedly different spending habits all that straight ahead but first we had a few headlines. big four accounting firm k p m g is the first of the four to say they will abandon client work which creates conflicts of interest for the company according to k. p. m. g. executive decision is an effort to remove even the perception of a possible conflict of interests k p m g has been particularly pronounced big blip on the regulatory radar in connection to their client giant u.k. construction perm karelian which collapsed due to what members of parliament called reckless behavior made pos.