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suggested that the world should be held accountable for the. he also insisted that despite media reports to the. order the killing. who should be held accountable. maybe the world should be only honorable cause the world is a vicious blois world is a very very vicious place now the statement indicates a change in trump's rhetoric regarding the case when the news about the missing journalist first broke trump vowed a harsh response and even threatened to sanction saudi arabia and while the u.s. did sanction several saudi nationals so far that's been washington's only punitive measure claims he does not want to risk thousands of jobs because of this incident they are vehemently denying. we have hundreds of thousands of jobs just two people

really want me to give up hundreds of thousands of jobs and frankly if we went by their standard we wouldn't be able to have anybody who's in our right because look at what happens all over the world he was initially considered missing but saudi officials eventually admitted that he had been killed in a claimed rogue operation riyadh has denied any awareness of the planned killing and has launched an investigation charging eleven officials a middle east analyst as ziad told us that trump is simply protecting u.s. interests. but trouble saying here is what is actually said behind closed doors every single time i don't think it's sitting well with a lot of. only the truth of their illusions also clearly we all need an enemy and since you aren't so ready are at odds and iran and israel those are odds the u.s. is going to go against iraq can't get it to trump president tom smart and you know on one hand he may be actually trying to protect u.s.

interests on the other hand if he sees this ultimate outcome is coming he may be politically trying to absolve himself from labor where you can point back to everything you said and since since i didn't want to do that but all of you who made this happen so don't blame it on me. twenty five people are being killed in a suicide bombing attack on a crowded festival and market in northwest pakistan the explosion occurred at around the same time that three gunmen tried to storm the chinese consulate in the southern city of karachi and during that attack two policemen and the three attackers were killed a police reportedly claimed to have shot dead three people who were involved in the attack on the consulate the following video captured the moment the gunfire started . the presence of the pollution is going to force is very much do it in a down the chinese consulate there are more than three to four terrorist who are

deadly chinese going. there first used and good late. there as it is very good of this there was a strong reaction bipartisanship or two forces most of the batteries which is probably people where they have been killed and there are sort of forth suggesting that probably some of the members of the security forces have also been killed the next you're fired all members of the johnny gosch latest plane being run members dead horse thief. the wife of british. british academic who was jailed for life by united arab emirates court on spying charges as thank the u.k. for finally intervening that's after five months of appealing straight to the government and then your letter says that london's an auction was caused by a fear of upsetting a crucial trading partner. i was under the impression that they were putting their interests with the u.a.e. a ball of british citizens. right feel free to him in a hearing without

a lawyer matthew has was sentenced to life in prison on wednesday accused of spying for the u.k. he has already spent five months in solitary confinement he is a ph d. student who went to the u.a.e. to research the twenty eleven spring uprising. he says it hopes to find a solution to the case and denies all claims of unfair treatment but the case has prompted a wave of criticism with calls for a reevaluation of britain's relationship with her all the oil rich gulf. and when hedges was first incarcerated in abu dhabi the u.k. government was trying to ink new trade deals with the u.a.e. . and us to see a truck and it picks up the story accused of spying and jailed for life that's now the fate of a british academic researcher in the united arab emirates an ally and friend of the u.k. but how much trouble is this case likely to stir up between the two given what's at stake we are incredibly disappointed that the us should do this we see no

foundation in the charges that have been laid against him there will be serious diplomatic consequences for a country that says that is a friend and ally of the united kingdom for months had just wife says her repeated requests for help have fallen on deaf ears at the foreign office and they just disregarded my request they said that it wasn't part of three job the british prime minister says the u.k. is on top of things and doing everything it can we already see it with the emerald fuel storage is of the highest level my marginal friend the foreign secretary is seeking it cool with the foreign minister abdullah. during his visit to the u.a.e. on november the twelfth he raised the issue with both crown prince mohammed bin saeed and the foreign minister incidentally also in the emirates last week a u.k. treatment. with fifty british companies promoting economic ties between the two countries u.a.e. is the fifth largest trading partner for the u.k. outside europe coming after us sorry japan china and hong kong and bilateral trade

is now growing in double digits in october the u.s. ambassador to the u.k. said there is hope of bilateral trade reaching twenty five billion pounds by twenty twenty it is currently at over seventeen billion so could the price tag of this long term cooperation and being worth more than ruffling feathers over the feet of one citizen problem for trees and government is that they're talking at the moment because of bridges or taking back control reasserting so foreign to you and that puts them in a dilemma they don't want to be seen to be weak on an issue like this abroad but on the other hand they also need to be building economic bridges outside the e.u. maybe again the government of the emirates is thinking the british can't possibly push this too far because they're on a weekly economic hit the british could of course withdraw the military support and by extension their supply of military equipment and at the same time

they could face the consequences of their own chief economic boycott of. the british museum has agreed to give back a collection of bronzes to nigeria but only on load boyko looks at how museums are a threat of losing collections as the number of disputed treasures keeps on growing . it may be called the british museum but many of the precious artifacts inside here are from far far away acquired some might even say looted during the times that the british empire ruled far and wide and now an increasing number of britain's former colonies or outright victims of theft are saying that they want their precious treasures to be returned home now in response the british museum has rather courteously said that it's really. to lend out some items rather than return them the latest loan will be to nigeria a collection of bronze statues the ben mean bronzes as the known were originally

taken from africa by british troops in eight hundred ninety seven and all the nations are submitting their requests to you have to take it keeping him two hundred fifty years yes it was so months then we can hope that was the governor of easter island begging the british museum for its precious statue earlier this week and the list of disputed museum treasures keeps on growing. so should the spoils of the empire be were to and i want to know what those visiting the museum those feasting their eyes on the foreign artifacts have to say

about it there's a lot of dispute actually over some of the foreign artifacts the british museum got in the times of empire should they just return everything. well that would be nice even if. what a great question of the old who just made talking about this think it's been very nice for us to build a city with what i still say you should go for the little stuff we've been lost but kept it in look after yourself from other countries set up to shoot so should we we we feel like we want to fight when we go on strike there should be given back confidence is that a bit rich as well say will lend you back in the things that we stole from you possibly. see your lot in the in from the different could use and stuff is just school but would never be able to be. who wouldn't be to see it would we do what i mean yes you have a few of the stolen things oh yeah you think yes it should go back another otherwise you think we should keep it to remind ourselves of our history and why

this stuff is here in the first base their risk of the museum being empty if if everyone gets everything back. well off the lot it would be pretty good but as for the british museum itself well it told us that it welcomes debate and transparency regarding the history of its collections but that in many cases allowing them to stay in the museum gives them wider public access we are very much in favor of more transparency around the provenance of objects and museum collections we still believe however that there is a very strong public benefits museums like the british museum housing objects from across the world under one roof while the issue of foreign artifacts has been made all the more thought any thanks to a more laissez faire attitude across the channel the french president emanuel macron appears to be more willing to send france's colonial acquisitions back to their rightful owners and that's putting

a museum directors here at risk of losing large swathes of their collections in a bit of an awkward position. in a legal first for the united states a judge in detroit has declared america's law banning the practice of circumcision known as female genital mutilation to be unconstitutional the judge said the power to outlaw f.g. was down to individual states are not congress he dismissed some of the charges against eight people including two doctors for conducting the procedure on underage girls. female genital mutilation is a widely banned practice found in africa asia and the middle east it can have serious health consequences in some cases even death now an estimated two hundred million women around the world are thought to have undergone the procedure which the u.n. and the world health organization consider to be a violation of human rights so we put the issue up for debate here on r.t.e. international with anthropologist and women's rights activist

a forum by amadu and media commentator gina luton. it is absolutely misleading to suggest that female circumcision i'm talking about all three forms is intended to actually suppress female sexuality well i'm a doctor of human development and i can tell you that this flies in the face of everything that i've ever studied regarding women's rights so i want to make it clear that i am not pro mutilation i would never support the mutilation there are a set of practices that supporters like myself refer to as female circumcision and there are many different forms usually what happens with this terminology female genital mutilation or f.p.m. is that the most extreme form which is very actually quite rare is what gets gets conflated with all the other practices my counterpart here is is comparing apples and oranges she's talking about the difference between women who make

a conscious decision as an adult to have to undergo some sort of cosmetic or other sort of procedure no one has a problem with that here and that's not what our conversation is about we're talking about seven year old children almost babies having these decisions to make them essentially a sexual and a risk their lives doing it i reject the term i reject the term mutilation as sexist and racist you do not refer to boys as mutilated so you don't refer to our bodies as mutilated so how far do we let those values impose themselves up on american values which are based on constitutional and individual freedoms and certainly genitally mutilating a child without their ability to even consider it as an adult is not an american value most of the women from my knowledge from my twenty five years of research as well as from my experience do not. consider themselves as mutilated and don't

experience themselves as mutilated. forests in the cattle on capital barcelona no longer safe that's the message on leaflets being handed out by local police and made a spike in the city's crime rate over the last year some three thousand leaflets have been given to tourists in seven languages including english french and italian the leaflets include tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of crime apparently there are some sixteen thousand five hundred offices in the area but the force says it needs around two thousand more of police personnel and their supporters took to the streets back in october protesting against the council on interior minister. thank you to.

claim the crime rate has skyrocketed nineteen percent compared with last year that's a level barcelona hasn't seen since the one nine hundred eighty s. however tourists and local residents say the situation is that bad. when i came this was one factor that was new in one man that if i am not sixty one leg that is why i'm getting such a big bag instead to put all my comfort aside bad travel to other parts of the world and it feels pretty scifi outside all the place in the world you never going to get rid of one hundred percent crime i just tell people to. be careful you know and keep their valuables in their pockets as if you know i haven't come across anything that should make me feet uncomfortable and see. i feel super secure

obviously i take care of my personal belongings but it's a quiet city safe you can walk at night i don't feel like something bad will happen to me are still to come on the program. defends the un migration pocked and rejects quote nationalism in its purest form not just. future historians may look back at donald trump's handling of the murder of jamal to show as a case study of the lack of leadership and outright following his reasons for giving the saudis or rather the crown prince a free pass simply don't make sense why because it's all about a race. with

make this manufacture consent to stick to the public well. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous larry go round listen to the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. to lose the real news is. i could have you with us for the program today the german chancellor angela merkel has defended a controversial united nations agreement on migration and accusing its opponents

all of nationalism this pact which was supposed to help facilitate illegal migration and better manage the movement of people has been rejected by a number of nations including the united states and austria some have linked merkel's remarks to a recent statement by the american president who said that he considers himself to be a nationalist is a correspondent peter. in public the relationship between the white house and europe's two leading powers is perfect because sometimes all quids occasionally very awkward. ok. bullets as angle of merkel begins her epilogue as german chancellor she's made what's being seen as a job not only of her populist opponents at home but also at the u.s. president emptied out men there are people who say they can solve everything themselves and don't have to think about anyone else that's nationalism in its purest form this is not patriots he is that echoes

a similar sentiment from president mccrone but your patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism by pursuing our own interests first with no regard to august we raise the very thing that a nation holds most precious and that of course the polar opposite of the trump mantra america third america for just america first it's all about america first the cause for concern seems to revolve around france and germany having their own relationship with russia and china germany even going as far as to negotiate their own energy deals how dare they said the us president spoke to the united nations germany will become totally dependent on russian energy if it does not immediately change course we are committed to maintaining our independence from the encroachment of expansion is foreign powers.

and the united states is increasingly unhappy with france's backing of the e.u. arming those feelings coach both ways the recent poll of germans found that they feel to get knighted states is a bigger risk to world security than terrorism while eighth out of ten french people polled didn't pull any punches at all referring to the u.s. commander in chief as a dangerous incompetent racist quite it's understandable that the u.s. wouldn't be entirely thrilled that you are trying to stand up for its own interests but is a little push back from france and germany to the united states ultimately a bad thing peter all of a. we spoke to a former c.d.u. party defense folks one about certain european leaders and their recently voiced differences with washington. germany. president. so the german chancellor angela merkel has made it very clear and.

the only beginning of supplies and c.e.o. of plum she is linked to the obama clinton mccain this is seen was as are your peony was we have. to. create a first between president. and that you will be inconclusive who are linked to the united states not only by need all by a lot of. which. some hundreds of years ago all. london is currently hosting the twenty eighteen world chess championship with grandmasters fabiano caruana and magnus carlsen battling it out for the cherished title and we spoke to our sort of a russian grandmaster who gave us his predictions. i think magnus carlsen has more

chances in the speeches he is a stronger and faster player he plays with whereas fabby are no khurana prefers to think and contemplate for longer from this point of view is the top pick now that there is still four games to go before the end of the championship they're currently titled everything is possible one mistake can ruin the game council has to be careful if we end up with a time it will be in his favor because he will have more chances in the tie break many people think that chess players are nerds that i mocked at school but i can prove that they are fun people with a lot of hobbies and all what we have seen how a robot was playing against a person and it was even speaking and joking it was funny and interesting however it was more like a show than a real game and. that wraps up the program for this hour here on r.t. international hope to see you soon more stories for you in about twenty five minutes time.

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a statistic from a couple weeks ago came out that showed the wealth and income gap around the world in different countries and then there's there's the u.s. there's france and then there's the u.k. here oh it's like wow this stuff incredible spread between this kaja treasure and then you've got the royal leicester people there in the tory party who support the queen whose whole point of breaks it was to support the queen ok so they just aired a list and a moron a policy because incredible poverty brags it's all about supporting the queen and getting rid of their world contacts. going to please go camp sundown again for people that can't decide and they're like so the empire can't this is like a safe house i guess they don't have to talk about letting go you're with us because we understand her daughter she was diagnosed with

a very rare son sensitive condition if i get sunburned i heal she does or she'll patients when they have problems with the walk to talk to your son the brains of actually shrinking inside the still gets thicker in the brain still small. the pain is indescribable it's feels like a really really bad chemical burn but it goes through your skin in your most all the way down to the bone and there's no really close so we're just not sure this is just. the bird. flu. but.

thanks for the. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle future historians may look back at donald trump's handling of the murder of jamal khashoggi as a case study of the lack of leadership and outright following his reasons for giving the saudis or rather the crown prince a free pass simply don't make sense why because it's all about iran.

and saudi arabia i'm joined by my guest with the into an he's a professor of political science at the university of tehran in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator and in leeds we have seen shah he he is a senior lecturer in middle east politics at the university of bradford all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated jonathan let me go to you first in london how do you react to the liberal media's treatment of donald trump these of his statements regarding the crown prince the murder of shogi and yemen and i guess also iran go ahead jonathan . attacking him for not doing enough to cut relations with saudi arabia or in some way to punish the crown prince mohammed bin some. for his apparent involvement in

this a turtle affair but i mean there's an element of hypocrisy because the us is hundred . years and they've done some terrible things the fact is a home invasion of yemen was would have been a good much more important than the murder of. a foreigner cutting down on relations but instead of that they're actually supporting the invasion of. khomeini it's go to turn around here let me read to you something that donald trump said in the last few days here saudi arabia would gladly withdraw from yemen if the iranians would agreed to leave they would immediately provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance additionally saudi arabia has agreed to spend billions of dollars in leading the fight against radical islamic terrorism do you make any sense of any of those words go ahead and i think those words are actually very ridiculous because iran has no physical presence and yet i mean yes you.