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just off the eight o'clock on saturday morning here in moscow let's get into all the top stories for you welcome to. the pentagon has failed its first ever full budget audit looking into spending on. the organization's top brass though doesn't sound surprised. we never thought we were going to post an audit everyone was betting against us that we wouldn't even do the old it on the pentagon audit kicked off last december and covered two point seven trillion dollars in assets and the cost of the whole process totaled four hundred thirteen million dollars over one thousand orders from outside firms visited over sixty locations and examined hundreds of thousands of items. however only five out of twenty one departments

managed to pass the army navy air force and marines all failed and now over five hundred million dollars are needed to rectify the problem is revealed by the audit a correspondent picks up the story. we never thought we were going to post an audit seventy one was bet against us that we wouldn't even do the audit the air force the marine corps the defense logistics agency the u.s. special operations command and the u.s. transportation command a number of sections agencies divisions were given disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed and the inspection involved over one thousand two hundred auditors some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three million dollars worth of an installed missile motors that were in not working condition they were at a airforce base in utah well the auditors discovered that actually these missile motors were functional the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending of taxpayer

money. apparently unconcerned the deputy of defense the defense department came forward and said that they were not surprised that this was simply not a pass fail audit apparently at this point they are saying that this is simply showing what they already knew which was that there was a huge problem wasteful spending in the pentagon and now they are turning to the american taxpayers for more money to correct the problem of wasting money to begin

with. crowds in the german city of qom that's have given a hostile reception to angela merkel the german chancellor was visiting the city almost three months off the migrants fatally stabbed a local prompting us protests aussies peter all of our reports from chemicals. this demonstration one of several that are taking place this group that's opting a satirical approach they tell me invoking the imagery of the third reich to symbolize what they see is angela merkel's reign they told me they're not happy that she's come here as a chemist's and it's a fact that it's taken her three months after the incident took place is to actually rife he had there was an attack here against our citizen she should have come here a long time ago she was hesitant in ninety showed up with massive police protection this is a show of cowardice from our chancellor. it took a long time for people to wake up she should have gone have

a back sighting guess sooner and step down long ago she should have quit everything after the elections in hasee in bavaria ten percent of her voters tend away from her her regime is allowing her to hang on to power by her fingernails device guns get out he knows exactly why she's not welcome here to try to wait until things have calmed down instead of face and the music there for that's why she took a quarter of a year to grace us with her presence she knows no one wants her hear what angela merkel is doing she's selling out your own nation we have confession to doze we're really came from a war people who escaped from a war will never harm anybody now that not the country in late august thirty five year old cuban german man was stomped to death after a confrontation in the early hours of the morning following an one thousand celebration that starving to death resulted in demonstrations and the far right groups that came out on to the streets and the violence that we saw erupt then it

was . does is what happened there started people and i get it it costs right when demonstrations and in general people have the right to protest but this doesn't justify using national socialist radical symbols nevertheless i understand it is over the migrant issue not only that but in a broader sounds and there are also problems of cross border crime and even drug smuggling these are all questions that we should discuss naturally as shouts of america must vacate the earth and must go to be ringing out from the crowd cheered when she is going to go she said she will step down as chancery twenty twenty one she's already about to relinquish the leadership of her party the christian

democratic union but for these people here in canada it's it's her legacy as the person that opened up germany's borders to refugees that you'll be most remembered in their opinion reviled for the shoulder for all t. candidates. prosecutors appear to be preparing charges for julian assad's a copy and paste error as revealed to us authorities aust all seeking to bring the wiki leaks founder to justice of the nature of the charges and whether they've actually been filed remains unclear though a reference to the case occurs apparently by mistake as part of an unrelated court filing. the complaint supporting affidavit would need to remain sealed until songes a rested in connection with the charges in the criminal complaint and could therefore no longer evade or avoid a wrist and extradition in this matter songs of course has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london since twenty twelve last year sex assault charges against the australian national were dropped by swedish authorities however he

still faces arrest in the u.k. for breaking bail terms and he's also a wanted man in the united states in connection with the leak of data from u.s. operations in iraq and afghanistan back in twenty ten that same year we can leaks also released hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables and in twenty seventeen the group published the largest leak in cia history exposing the agency's cyber tools among other things julian assange his lawyers have called the possible indictment a dangerous precedent. the notion that federal criminal charges could be broad based on the publication of truthful information is an incredibly dangerous precedent to set the u.s. indictment has sanch is a grave violation of press freedoms obviously when wiki leaks broke into the international consciousness about eight years ago has a lot of allies in the international media and works particular closely with organizations such as the washington post the new york times and the guardian

newspaper in the u.k. then there seem to be a lot of infighting and these old legacy media outlets started turning on julian songe so the question is why they're not protecting one of their own today not realize that if they don't protect one of their own they would be equally vulnerable under these sort of laws and i think that's something that the legacy media in the west needs to really seriously think about either we have press freedom for all we have press freedom for none and i'm out of time on the legacy media has no problem standing up for a jim acosta c.n.n. has just had his white house pass temporarily restored it was revoked following donald trump's now infamous. it's called for and saw for the men talk about elections during which allegedly assaulted or not depending on what side you're on in case you missed it. or don't know c n n's jim acosta missed it sometimes everyone's the bad guy. the orange one on c.n.n.

the white house quoted at a press conference posed a real die lemme how do you pick sides when they're acting like overgrown. to support a call say you've got to be nor the fact that he was attempting to lecture the commander in chief while trying to take over a press conference to get behind trump you'd have to ignore that he called a child that and an enemy of the people and he's trying. ultimately you know everyone decided it had been a bad day for roll lessons were learned and a line was drawn to the whole story. just the white house through a female into an on the on. the highway timbaland acosta from the white house accusing him of placing your hands on me and c.n.n. is now suing well here it is the whole disgusting horrifying headline grabbing things video well you know who are you worried i should know better the president that's the national of the other folks that said no. this was me that's enough was

present ride one of you don't need to go i mean on on the russian investigators are we looking at the right video. just look at the outrage in the room from these numbers grow witnesses. this guy is so horrified you doesn't even all believe the horrifying scene he may not be real and. this woman is so shocked by the growth on she distracts us self by cleaning out one of her own and this young lady turned to me with this or she's thankful that i the way she does. well still the white house rose out and the extremely questionable accusation about a nonevent the global media and all those online on the list takes the bait. it's in the nation's not talking about stuff that actually matches anymore turns out the politics of distraction really does what you know my god what is that.

gotcha. and this is all to international thanks for joining us here a rape trial has sparked outrage in island after the defense used a controversial argument concerning consent to win the case. an associate explains why hundreds of women took to the streets and posted images of their underwear on social media to what extent does what you wear send a message especially a message that you wouldn't mind meeting someone or better even having sex with them would be all right with you and does a lazy thong spread that message louder and clear than a regular old pair of granny panties or is it not up to a piece of cloth to express consent for a woman a recent court case in ireland has fired up this conversation after a pair of underwear was presented as evidence at a rape trial in the city of cork a twenty seven year old man was accused of rape by a seventeen year old woman he said she had consented she said she didn't the man's

lawyer had a one point use the woman's choice of underwear as proof of her intent that's the evidence of the possibility that she was attracted to the different and was open to meet and so one being with someone you have to look at the way she was dressed she was wearing a thong with a lace front the defendant was unanimously acquitted by the jury protesters took to the streets in several irish cities over the lawyers stunt demanding an end to victim blaming in court but. the whole long as you're a open public in protest as well as police did on the steps of the courthouse where the trial took place can send cannot come from clothing it can't come from a piece of material it can only come from the parents and the outrage reached the irish parliament to be seen recently close faked even contraception being used to discredit women who have to bravery to go to course women around the world are.

posting photographs of their underwear online as part of a campaign dubbed this is not consent my sexy underwear my plunging neckline my cheered skirt my tight jeans none of them is concerned you know what is me saying yes it should never be most shameful to be raped and to be a rapist no means no more. of that. and we're back after a very short break. you know world of big partners new law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to

dig deeper to hit the stories that made history 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race based on often scary dramatic developments only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

good to have you with us today for the program a third of those killed by u.s. drone strikes in yemen this year were civilians that is according to the associated press and moreover hitting al qaeda targets has reportedly become harder as the terror group is fighting the opposition alongside groups backed by the united states that hawkins takes a closer look at washington's evolvement in the water on a country yemen suffering only started making headlines with the civil war in twenty fifteen but the country's been coming under u.s. bombardments for far longer sixteen years in fact in modern history only the afghan war has lasted longer and part of the reasoning in both cases is fighting al qaida we're going to continue to work with the yemeni government to try to identify a q a p leadership and operations try to thwart them the conflict shows no sign of abating and the u.s.

is fighting on more than one front washington backs the saudi led coalition and its battle against rebels in the country and here is where it gets complicated al qaida terrorists are now reportedly partnered up with some militias and funded by the u.s. backed coalition al qaida leaders even brag about it. to this conflict know for certain about our participation we're fighting alongside our muslim brothers in yemen or help them with weapons and everything we can. unraveling the resulting melee distinguishing fighters from fanatics is all but impossible and apparently the fight against who three rebels is a great recruiting sergeant for al qaeda and for growing their arms in revenue streams creating a vicious cycle that doesn't seem to have a logical conclusion nevertheless the saudis and americans insist they are committed to fighting terrorism in the country drone strikes have long been the weapon of choice and since there's little official data on the specifics of casualties from such operations i still rely on data from other sources latest

figures estimate a third of those killed in twenty eighteen were pro-government forces those actually fighting for the coalition or civilians. so let's see how this is a picture of the car after the strike they were looking for the boy when the strike happened it was a drew mr that killed them weaponized al qaeda to fight strategic enemies may have paid dividends on the ground but yemen's long term future remains bleak to say the least. elements of the u.s. military clearly aware that much of what the u.s. is doing in yemen is aiding a.q. a.p. and there is much about that however supporting u.a.e. and the kingdom of saudi arabia against what the us fuse is iranian expansionism

takes priority over battling each u.a.a.p. and even stabilizing yemen it seems washington has its priorities clearly set and collateral damage and truly eradicating al qaeda are not top of that list. and un official has accused the british government of inflicting misery on the country's poorest people through austerity policies poverty is really a major challenge in the united kingdom what i found in my discussions with ministers. is basically a state of denial and they are happy with the way in which their policies are playing out and i think that sort of punitive approach to burn of foods is actually inconsistent in fact breaks it is going to make that worse because those in the lower income levels are really going to suffer one in five brits currently live in poverty and over a million people cannot afford basic essentials

a report by the un's reportory on poverty and human rights adds the child poverty could hit forty percent within a few years the u.k. government denies the problem. we are absolutely committed to helping people improve their lives while providing the right support for those who need it. author of food buying britain or a will for it has concerns about the grim statistics released in this report from the united nations. a y in twenty eighteen people are literally starving to death not just in india not just in yemen not just in kashmir but also here in london one of the richest capitals on the planet why isn't this story is not number one on the b.b.c. number one on i.t.v. poverty one in five that's twenty percent of the population are in poverty supposedly it's an issue we all need to be addressing and all political parties are responsible why is it with one in five people in poverty in this in the u.k.

not one political party has a minister dedicated to eradicate poverty and that in itself is a scandal that poverty is not being addressed it's not being seen as having any value and the reality is too many people are making money out of poverty. the north korean leader kim jong un has reportedly observe the successful testing of a high tech tactical weapon this result as a justification of the party's policy focused on defense science and technology and the display of all rapidly growing defense capabilities to the whole region and a groundbreaking change in strengthening our military's combat capabilities well that is why news of the military tests the u.s. says it remains confident that all the commitments made to the singapore summit back in june between trump and came john would be fulfilled however peace talks between the countries remain stalled earlier this month the u.s. secretary of state canceled a meeting with north korea's top officials and pyongyang threatening to restart its

nuclear activity if sanctions are not lifted. well asia pacific analyst saurabh gupta believes or there is a strong resistance within the trump administration to improve ties with north korea. for quite some time the north koreans have been unhappy with the trump administration not with mr trump or sick but with people under him who have not been very forthcoming in engaging north korea with compromises up and sanctions not clear is willing to make concessions and compromises that it's in but doesn't see anything in return and therefore over the last two weeks it has hardened at céline somewhat and has suggested that if the u.s. is not willing to be more forthcoming the north koreans themselves might not be as forthcoming and might again revert back to their military testing in fact that there's the next summit the second summit is very much on between kim jong un and president trump president pence talked about that yesterday that self insult the

hope is that when kim jong un meets president trump again sometime early next year by the head point of time because it's happening at the presidential level senior leaders level all sides will come a little bit more ready with something to give to each other i sang a time with us here at r.t. international welcome back with a new program in half an hour. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy thing for him to you shouldn't let it be an arms race is often experience dramatic

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