a. the asia pacific summit where leaders fail to joint declaration the trade rivalry between the u.s. and china is laid bare. talking all birds a popular russian cartoon is accused of being a kremlin propaganda tool designed to influence children's minds around the world. tokyo tops a poll of women bucking female only public transport to tackle sexual assault in a global safety survey. and facebook investors pushed for a mark zuckerberg to quit following

a series of scandals the latest being the firm's links to a p.r. agency accused of. twenty four hour news and views live from moscow this is r.t. international my names you know neal a little unwelcome top story u.s. vice president mike pence washington is ready to continue its trade war against beijing by doubling chart of sun chinese goods his remarks came. economic cooperation summit this week and the event ended on a historically low note as the member states failed to agree on a final joint statement nichiren takes a closer look. fears over the u.s. china trade war have still not been put to bed sure it's all smiles and matching

shirts in the family photo. but unlike previous years this summits was less about togetherness and more kids who well divisions of a family breakdown with washington and beijing vying for the loyalties of other countries you know the two big giants in the room what can i say so which economic superpower would do you side with we have option a china striving to better communications and connections guns and time and i was looking at the vast ocean when i boarded the ship and it struck me that we are all indeed fellow passengers in the same boat that is keep steering the wheel steady and paddle in the right direction it seems that wherever it's misgivings that is working on becoming more

open. mankind has reached a crossroads which direction should we choose cooperation or confrontation or openness or closed doors when when progress or a zero sum game and it wants to be able to reach you easier by land by sea any way possible then we have option b. the usa now aside from everything else the us is better than china why because it says so united states has a principled approach that stands in stark contrast to some other nations our vision will prevail besides beijing is just a use there anyway china is taking advantage of the united states for many many years. in those days are over. unlike china the us doesn't want to tie you down it just wants you to do things the american way so it doesn't have to punish you the united states. offers a better option we don't drown our partners in sea of debt we don't coerce

compromise your independence with a lot to say on the local fun club at hand if this was a custody battle see jim paine good get the kids the red carpets were rolled the bones plates chinese flanks were waved clearly papua new guinea has already been wooed by the middle kingdom but how did the other countries feel some analysts say the u.s. still has its trump card and despite all this america first talk many countries in the region still crave a slice of the american pie the truck to put to sea has become. recent or an excuse for small countries to our support and this will help from the united states to hedge against china i think that is wonderful news for the small countries despite this the division disagreement between china and the us and the bribery among them are escalating i think. very much.

rather than something i grew up i'm actually not bring up of because people find a lot of opportunities for the smaller countries to get into these rivalries the scenario and trying to work together to try to find us and chart it together so that it can get past a lockdown it was an apex of firsts first time has been held in papua new guinea and the only time leaders have been unable to agree on a formal declaration so is divorce on the cards for the apec family with trump and she said to me to the g twenty this month in their first face to face since the trade spun began the question is will the leaders be having double tyra's chocolate cake or coerced into sour grapes. sitting the kids in front of the t.v. to watch cartoons should be a safe bet to keep them quiet for a bit joe. to make sure they're not being covertly programmed with propaganda some

western news reports claim a globally acclaimed russian series is trying to influence young millions. reports . that little sweetheart was matia from the cartoon in the bear originally russian the series has been translated into dozens of languages and won the hearts of millions across the globe but it turns out there may be a sinister side to the enduring little girl and her protective hat with me trying to. write me. right. now what russia has forgotten to mention there is that some cartoons are in fact evil putin propaganda yep according to a times u.k. article moshe is just another putin puppet. russia is funny steep. but also

a plucky she punches above her weight is no fun face to see. and i honestly don't know who should be more offended by that comparison so where's the evidence of the kremlin's influence well critics seem to be particularly worried about one scene and a single episode or moshe's seen wearing a soviet border guards hat. apparently that's meant to be a statement on russia's defense of its borders but even if we say that's true what kind of kid would pick up on that but hey it's best to start when they're young right the studio behind this propaganda masterpiece of course denies being influenced by the kremlin's hand saying they received no state funding but we did a bit of digging and found some ominous signs you simply can't ignore here comes the kremlin for all of two seconds. that could easily be interpreted as a soviet red star disguised as an innocent christmas decoration and you may not

realize it but the weird hat that must have got on here is a traditional russian hat now i know those examples aren't so much propaganda as they are just random russian things but that's all we could prime but worry not it turns out the bear itself is a representation of russia as a whole you see bear you think russia right. the base symbolizes russia it's a fact it's a struggle for the minds part of a hybrid explosion in which a negative image of russia is replaced by a positive oh the horror the horror now you know what your children are being exposed to and can protect them accordingly. the bear are not coming to invade your homeland masha and the band is hybrid war that. is british empire apologist

and who sums up american decadence bits of. my nephews are watching my shins a very cute they don't seem to be particularly indoctrinated. i really really do not want to read more about how masha in the back is putin is propaganda. i can confirm that i watched two episodes of march and there when i was nine and i suddenly became a twitter party speaks russian. another issue generating a lot of column inches today facebook soprano mark zuckerberg is on the pressure from the firm's investors who want him to step aside charmin their patience is wearing thin following a series of scandals over the past year which have plagued the social media behemoths. facebook is behaving like it's a special snowflake it's not it is

a company and companies need to have a separation of chair and c.e.o. that concentration of power creates a lot of defensiveness within the company it's an exercise in hyden that there is a problem rather than admit in that there is a problem and set in the roadmap to fixing it. the latest headline grabbing scandal to hit facebook a run in with billionaire philanthropist george soros. explains. things are not going well for mark zuckerberg he's been involved at facebook in a wave of scandals involving privacy violations and data leaks and now protesters are outraged. by. facebook our mission is to give people the power to build communities and bring the world closer together more than two billion people come to our platform each month to stay connected with friends and family facebook is taking issue with

a protest sign for trying the zuck as an octopus with tentacles spreading all over the world they say that that imagery is anti-semitic however facebook had no problem playing the same card against the protesters they even hired a p.r. firm facebook employed republican opposition research firm to discredit activists protest is in part linking them to the liberal finance you know george soros it also tapped his business relationships lobbying at your civil rights group to cause some criticism of the company's anti semitic yeah blame it on george soros the liberal billionaire known for splashing money on liberal causes now he's certainly no fan of facebook do you didn't get that moment it is not. new word. to protect society accused of constant criticism of. debtors you know into amanda's. davies and i'm no good but here's the irony

when it came out that facebook was accusing soros of being the master manipulator behind the protesters soros then accused of facebook of anti-semitism you know they're also aware that much of this hateful and blatantly false and semitic information is spread via facebook the notion that your company you'll direction actively engaged in the same behavior is frankly astonishing to me zuckerberg says that he's got nothing to do. the soros claims the p.r. firm was hired without his permission now they've been fired he says he has nothing but total respect for soros and billionaire to billionaire now the company does admit they did investigate soros connections to the protesters however they say it's got nothing to do with his jewish heritage to suggest this was an anti semitic attack is reprehensible and untrue both soros and zuckerberg say that the other guy is motivated by ethnic bigotry the same kind of ethnic bigotry to boot is your mind blown it should be able pop and r.t.

new york legal analyst and media commentator lionel say's the often absurd blame game is obscuring some real and very serious issues with facebook it's that troll mentality anything i can throw at you to cause you to be defensive even if it did gillis. at the semitism zina phobia homophobia. myside ginny you don't have to prove it nobody's ever said excuse me for it explain to me how i'm guilty of this no once i slap that label on you you have to just prove it so much the presumption of innocence in reverse but the real issue here is not fake nudes though raj and george soros it's one of my in for many years you know the cambridge analytical what are you doing with me what about what are you taking in from my family in me

and children in where we live how are you using the this seemingly innocuous seemingly welcoming social network information and data are the currency. of the twenty first century and that's the issue that matt that's missed comb poor lately. it's time to talk selfies it's hard to say isn't it many people are truly obsessed with taking them these days but for one month a run of the mill a pick saved him from a lengthy spell behind bars. saved

by a selfie there you go if anybody has. it's the british prime minister with a crucial week ahead to try and sell her. we'll get you up to speed on stories.

they say. this is the central bank support. of the problem right now so. stop the. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on the spear in dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful

very critical time to sit down and talk. seventeen minutes into the program welcome back a new club will study has shown more than two thirds of women in tokyo support having single sex train carriages on public transport because of concerns over harassment women only courage is were introduced in tokyo nearly twenty years ago to combat the problem of groping on crowded rush hour trains known and japanese those chicken it's still a major problem in the city where more than two thirds of sexual harassment claims

last year took place all metro trains or in stations. when i was a junior high school student it took me an hour on the paths trying to get to school every morning she can happen to me almost every day my first you can experience was when i was sixteen years old i was so scared they couldn't do anything i think my school uniform made me a target i froze i did nothing i just kind of the train and went to school i felt disgusted angry and confused but mostly scared. all same sex courage is there not a universally popular idea in tokyo one group of men protested by boarding a women only courage in february this year calling the policy the scrim natori other critics point out that it doesn't solve the wider problem segregated trains what's next instead of fixing the problem let's separate the sexes bad logic here and it will lead to other forms of segregation at best women only facilities

provided only momentary rest bite sigur geisha doesn't stop sexual violence the ethical response to violence is to stop the aggressors not segregate the victims why is there no men only carriage to balance everything out and to offer a place where men don't have to worry about being falsely accused as i said this was a global survey tokyo tops a poll of five major world cities and that really is way ahead of the average in supports of female only cartage as cairo was second while just over half of women in mexico city but the idea that is the spike the study showing it's the most dangerous city for females on public transport well less than thirty percent of women in new york and london supported it they were more concerned with joining tellings on cost spoken talk show host john galt thinks better law enforcement is the. but i really don't like the idea of segregation i mean where do you end if we

go down that route and also actually use a. victim blaming each not the women who are sold here the man with gold medals for harassment and abuse we must just enforce them out woman has every right to. travel on the subway systems and be saved it is up to the subway systems courts and the police to enforce. this really seriously our lives. in a modern liberal society well one. can just like they wish go where they wish and be safe so we should all of us to demand of our politicians make use of these things are. some more startling figures coming out of afghanistan this monday more than twenty eight thousand police officers and soldiers have been killed there in the past three years alone according to the

nation's president nearly two decades of war have left the country scarred that affected millions not least of all children whose playgrounds pose deadly dangers. we were on our way to school early in the morning when there was an explosion i lost my leg now i'm scared about my future. there was fighting in the afternoon between ever been force and the taliban in an unexploded bomb was left behind when we were on our way to the school it went all four of us were killed and the others wounded.

when we were healthy we used to go out and play we walk to school and to the mosque . now we're not able to go to school i would teacher comes to our house and teach since. my children were in the hospital for over one month but they are so. still continuing their treatment at home because they are still severely injured. the british prime minister takes her brags sales pitch to brussels this week treason maybe struggling to get backing for her plan which has led to

a raft of government resignations and party plots to stir from downing street after one of her toughest weeks yet pm may said that getting rid of her would not make bragg's a talks any easier be about what's right for the country and as far as i'm concerned i'm going to be distracted from actually the important job in this critical week of negotiations of making sure we do get that final good deal for the country but you know a change of leadership at this point isn't going to make the negotiations any easier and it's not going to change the parliamentary arithmetic it should be pointed out that some of the biggest criticism of treason mazie you divorce plan comes from within her own party at least twenty five conservative m.p. after state say they have submitted letters of no confidence in the prime minister forty eight is the number of though forty eight are needed to trigger a leadership vote well it really is taking a toll on the party the tories are slipping in the polls those breaks it supporting

voters lose faith in the p.m.'s plan and not a soul the opposition labor party take a three point lead on ramp up pressure for a snap election the u.k. is scheduled to leave the european union on march the twenty ninth next year that's just over four months away after a bitter ford referendum in twenty sixteen saw the country normally vote for breaks in a summit later this week is expected to see e.u. leaders sign off on the withdrawal deal. lingering threat of a deal breaker is stoking fears of the army being deployed onto the streets british news reports citing military sources say that over a thousand troops are in stunned and ten thousand more are ready to assist if chaos ensues. trees i'm a has got another tough week ahead the next five days are going to be absolutely crucial. not just in the for the trees and may i ask the conservative party and

british prime minister about buffalo direction of relationship with the european union it's going to be very difficult to get. it not impossible looking at the numbers unless he could somehow get from the e.u. in the next couple of days some kind of further concessions that would make the deal. it carries it may have to fall this week have a new conservative leader coming in. after the election leadership then that's going to be very how that plays out because the fact of the maps it is the house of commons where the majority of m.p.'s are actually generally speaking favorable to remain. when news would be. my first instinct was to actually wait and see to read it it's a long document and it really is about a deal that really is actually a deal with staying in. this is actually a deal which is

a very long way from what majority of people. voted for. new evidence has placed saudi arabia between a rock and a hard place over the cush algae killing delving deeper next our debate show. up.

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so it seems wrong. but i. just don't. get me. yet to see how to stay active. and engaged in the trail. when something you find themselves will the party. just of the common ground. i don't think the democrats are much blood in the go shape with the republicans or president so i think people are going to have to acknowledge that the united states over the next couple years is going to be consumed even more so by our internal our turtle bickering in affairs and.

hello and welcome to cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle brags that and high drama the saga continues also the cia says it has high confidence they know who killed shogi and is at high noon for julian assange on. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark's lowballed he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst with sputnik international and we have glenn decent he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia are a german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and

i always appreciate it let's first go to bragg's it. it's everything is in flux right now we have a number of resignations we have the tory party that seems to be in chaos we will know more as the week progresses here but mark it seems to me and you know i'm i didn't read all five hundred plus pages here but what i did glean from it is that it appears mays' plan is not a co it's still in but not completely out of the european union this is not what the people voted for what was your read without reading the full five hundred pages either myself or do you draw your conclusions from the fact that her own breaks that secretary has resided i mean this is her team is falling apart her team is in revolt her party is in revolt the other party you know the labor.