stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either there are already several generations of them so i just got this memo from the circulating branch offices we're going to attack and destroy the government in seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with their money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war surely we can risk some discomfort for an easy way for. the russian president call sunday's mar a time clash between russian and ukrainian vessels nothing but. describing the moscow sentiment as a brothel to sell out of ukraine's general election next to. spike u.s.

demands the tough in russia sanctions after about standoff germany proves the finance sticking to plans for the north stream to pipeline to bypass ukraine with russia. also ahead. we're going to get those values up we're going to get those jobs coming back president faces back large cities in which he had promised to revitalize american manufacturing see factories closed down thousands of jobs are. under begins its mission on mars but some scientists want to stop using words like exploration and colonize ation when it comes to space they're worried about political correctness.

live from our international news center in moscow this is r.t. good to have your company in this hour my name's ian and. the russian president called clashes between ukrainian and russian vessels in the current straight on sunday i read things stunt. thora tease look ahead to the twenty nineteen presidential election. if the current kiev authorities successfully so anti russian sentiment because they have nothing else in the east there's a feeling that whatever they do they will get away with alias lee if they demand new borns for breakfast they will get babies so what they'll say the government wants to eat chips and using the russian leader also said the implementation of martial law this whedon's thing in some areas of ukraine is a pretext just postponing the election or putin stressed that kiev authorities didn't introduce a jury in some of the country's worst moments in the ongoing civil war all right

because the of has been following the international reaction for us. central european powers france germany in particular seem to be less than enthusiastic about america's latest calls for more sanctions against russia germany in particular saying that it is still supporting the north stream to gas pipeline from russia to central europe this follows on from various u.s. officials calls to enforce and to strengthen sanctions against russia we certainly encourage all european allies salut card to dismantle sanctions could be implemented i've seen at this point it's not something germany and france have said they're considering but these things i think can develop over time the u.s. president donald trump himself ostend whether he's going to condemn russia's actions in the u.s. well he spoke more critically of russia than he has in

a long while but he said that he's going to wait for a full report from his advisors before condemning any russian action that will be very determinative maybe i won't have the meeting maybe i won't even have the meeting i don't like that aggression i don't want that aggression at all absolutely and by the way europe shouldn't like that aggression and germany shouldn't like that aggression is. furring there of course to the pre-agreed meeting with vladimir putin on the sidelines of the g twenty summit in argentina but we also heard a lot of criticism in the press in the russian press especially with calls and questions to donald trump and other leaders and why they are condemning russia hard enough but let's. not happy about the president trying to shoot an extremely mild rebuke to russia for firing on and seizing three ukrainian ships other storage

supporters of ukraine be it nations that great britain canada for example have condemned russia or be a third party such as and you think tanks the atlantic council one of their one of the pundits has been calling on nato to send warships to the see through the strait crossing perhaps unaware that such a move would be illegal as the season tunnel waters of russia and ukraine and requires the permission of both the third party warships to enter the as of c. the russians have offered their own version of what happened in the on sunday in the strait of kutch they say the the tech did the ukrainian vessels they had no choice but to use weapons to seize these vessels as they were behaving dangerously radically they hadn't filed any notification s.b.u. counter-espionage agents were on board they also say that this is a provocation the russian foreign minister his words just recently this was

a provocation intended to rile things up washington and some other european capitals are ready to perform any we. like the representative of the u.s. for ukrainian conflict mr volcker to play a representative role of someone who's trying to seek consensus between two conflicting site here and on the other side and lugansk. ukraine on its part remains adamant that it is innocent blameless they call in russia to see immediately released the three vessels and the crews and say that this was an act of war act of aggression carried out by russia. well apart from the recent escalation between russia and ukraine vladimir putin also touched on other major topics at this year's russia calling investment forum in moscow among them the role the us dollar planes in the global economy and you're a cheater breaks down. a lot of time was dedicated to talking about the state of

traditional global trade in association with the us dollar and was clear about how now is the time for innovation and change action and consequence top of the mantra of america first is now embedded in our minds and economically there was always bound to be a backlash as president of the united states i will always put america first we put on tariffs or two hundred fifty billion dollars worth of goods and we have another two hundred sixty seven billion to go if we want to draw about from a very simple it's america first which partners hasn't he ruffled up china europe surely it's time for an alternative and one of the innovations has been leading nations to find independence from the dollar. we have no goal of moving away from the dollar it's the dollar that's moving away from us.

those making such decisions are not shooting themselves in the foot but somewhere more delicate further up the body because this instability when it comes to doing business with the dollar gives rise to a desire and it's happening all around the world to find alternative reserve currencies you can create a financial system independent from the dollar. so what else is there to do but create new trade systems that work away from the u.s. currency and that's exactly what russia has decided to facilitate with its trade partners commencing at the tenth annual russia calling investment for initiative in moscow putin has confirmed that russia along with some partners is working on payment systems independent of swift now if you're thinking russia is acting like a rebel without legitimate cause then understand that this is actually not a row. evolutionary idea a similar one was floated by german foreign minister how come last in august when

he called for a european alternative to swift that came after american pressure on its business with iran threatening sanctions in case of defiance and to add insult to america's injury problems is also apparently mulling over an alternative to it's no secret that the global economy and politics is interconnected and what we have is a reversible reaction was proving to be a catalyst for consequences turning back into action the day or two to. ok from the ukraine standoff from the current straight on indeed more than what a lot more putin was just speaking about there let's go live to security analyst charles sure bridge charles thanks for coming on the program this hour. washington is calling for new sanctions against russia we've just been hearing with our correspondent going through them from germany though they're opposed to new

measures what do you think is causing this division first of all before we get into other issues among longstanding allies. but of course this is symptomatic of the general situation between europe and united states at the moment and even the united states machine really see that its behavior is actually playing into the hands of russia whether you're supporter of russia or not that's clear to say it's consistent with quite a train if you like of policy by the united states which is only nineteen its european allies let's look for example the situation in respect of iran your correspondent just mentioned an issue there with payment systems but also of course it's been in europe particularly france and germany of course britain usually on the sidelines here because you don't want to alienate united states particularly coming up perhaps but you've got germany and france keen to carry through with britain in fact carry through with the. nuclear treaty of course america has

withdrawn from it the same with the start. with the missile treaty that intermediate missile treaty the i.n.f. treaty which again america signaled it's going to pull out of which europe has very firmly said that it wants to keep going for its own benefits of course. just on what we're speaking about a bit much in ukraine what we saw in the current straits charlie president putin use very direct language today saying that ukraine can get away with anything you get it gives some examples because the countries russia do you think that is true of the international arena whether it be russia or indeed any other country that falls from from favor. yes i think that's true it's in fact it's consistent with what i've said very much on see and elsewhere the last four years of this conflict between ukraine and russia this kind of semi conference been taking place and that is that you've got a country such as ukraine which is repeatedly sure said challenging its much more

powerful neighbor and it's doing not because it's been given leeway to do so by form for much the united states and of course but by the u.k. and others in the west and so for example you've seen provocative behavior being rewarded recently the united states for example announced that it would supply to tank weapons and other weapons to ukraine instead of trying to defuse the situation and that of course leads into the discussion we were just having in respective countries such as france and germany take a different view slightly and they of course would be losers were there to be a conflict or argue that then explain that develops out of control and so that's why an apostrophe so france and germany not you not the u.k. and u.s. involved in trying to bring some kind of negotiation about three months another aspect there really want to get your thoughts on here charles a senior. fellow at an international think tank the atlantic council an influential body i'm sure

you'll agree is calling for a strong reaction to the current standoff what do you think that could it entails and how dangerous is it to even suggest actions use words implicate things like that all of that nature. i suspect increasingly particularly the case of the atlantic council after all many even who wouldn't take a production stance for example would call it nato is p.r. agency after all this is a body that is funded overwhelmingly by u.k. u.s. governments by nato contracts with nato and above all of course by the u.s. and u.k. arms industries and so therefore it has a vested interest in calling for more tension arguably even more conflict because of course it serves the interests of those who fund it supplying arms and so on the problem is of course as you hinted it's exploitations if you like to constantly confront rather than cooperate other countries particularly russia of course but we

hear the same about iran and the others is that this could then spiral out of control there's a very real danger of that of course in a place such as europe and the problem is that you've got the vested interest is just a few bedded in organizations like the atlantic council rather than the many who of course there are overwhelming interest in is in keeping peace and stability you've got a situation in the azoff see the black sea area that which could easily explode into conflict and i think that's driving what sunny germany and france his view of this is they want to on the surface criticize russia because they are normally supportive allies of ukraine at the same time they don't want this to spiral out of control and cause a more general conflict charles thanks for your time this hour charles shewbread security analyst speaking to us live on the program. changing tack a little this week marked a new era of space. insight mars lander touched on safely

on the red planet but while some experts see the mission as having potential for a groundbreaking discovery others in this space agency itself are worrying about well different matters. well it's not quite in my station it's still not ok to use those narratives because it'll raises the history of quantum isolation head on uncomment. thank you thank you. thank. you. explore ration of

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a minute's time with more of whedon's the afternoon as news. try. to. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to get a little world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. when i was a child small seemed wrong in my old role just don't call. me you're old yet to shape our disdain you can stick out to it and in again from an equals betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. it's. just coming up to eighteen minutes into the program welcome back u.k. m.p.'s are demanding a lot change after a convicted rapist was given permission to meet the child but he had father through the sex crime filled for the details let's call slow to see a church who has been following the story the headline is extraordinary on this all the details so shocking to see. well the union or let our viewers judge but the by

themselves but certainly this is quite an unusual case that is getting quite a bit of traction here in the u.k. we're seeing a victim of child sexual exploitation who waved her anonymity and stepped forward to demand that laws be changed following revelations that the man who had raped her as a teen as a result of which she had a child had apparently been reached out to by the local council inquiring whether or not he would essentially like to play a role in the child's life. is about. to me and i'm not going to and it's not that my. counsel to apply today i'm trying to learn. well the man in question was put behind bars a few years back for a thirty five year sentence. two years ago actually for multiple sexual

offenses against as many as nine girls including this woman sammy woodhouse who was actually fifteen years old at the time and got pregnant as a result of that now rather in council said he could seek visits with the child the man did not. take them up on the offer and make such an application but this still triggered a push for a change in the legislation discriminant times the government is already on its cooling examples of the loom being set up by the to favor the perpetrator or to actively work against the rights of abuse survivors and the consideration they should be fooled it well the ministry of justice are now investigating whether this was an error or whether or not this could have been part of a wider problem we do know that the local council have said that they were just

following guidelines we have to probably keep in mind that brother who was in the spotlight a few years ago when they gained attention following an independent inquiry having made revelations that as many as over fourteen hundred girls were said to have been groomed and abused for over sixteen years in that area and according to the report that was done by men of mostly pakistani origin so this case is calling a little bit close to home with now really more questions to be addressed there talking this through all the detail of the latest ones are to churchill live from london this or. knowing people reportedly being injured in the blast that's hit the couple of people developing story this hour for us it is thought the explosion was a. car bomb we will of course keep you across the story just some bird details

coming into us right now as to what occurred currently three of the unitard we do know are believed to be in critical condition. international conference is being held on the status quo in afghanistan it's happening in switzerland geneva enough is where our correspondent. is right give us some details. as to what the conference entails what it's hoped it's going to bring for us we're seeing in just the pictures before we came to the people of trouble day again for them. absolutely well this is a two day conference coming to an end now and what's been happening here over the last forty eight hours is discussions on what's happened what's been achieved what's not been achieved in afghanistan in terms of the economy in terms of trade in terms of women's rights and of course into the peace talks and how they can move

forward in the future but there is one thing that's been missing from these talks and that is the taliban who are not. taking part in these talks at the u.n. . now while there have been statements made today including one from the afghan government to have confirmed that they have assembled a twelve men team that will be able to open talks unconditionally talks as they describe them with the taliban in the future the taliban have not been here and as we know peace talks in the past have not been massively fruitful and many experts have said that's because not all of the state coldness of being at the table at the same time that the afghan government that the u.s. government because they troops are stationed there and of course the taliban who some would say all right. a major stakeholder in terms of the security and the future of peace in afghanistan just recently earlier this month in moscow two were

held the moscow format was held the taliban were invited and attended those talks however the us government didn't attend those talks of the us government has been holding separate talks with taliban representatives in the state of qatar in regards to this but they haven't all come to the table together with the government . and that's particularly important because while the taliban was in control when the us led invasion took place in two thousand and one so seventeen years now of this conflict they were fairly diminished back then but in recent years there seems to have been resurgence in the numbers some reports suggesting that the taliban have control or open the active in seventy percent of afghan the regions that's far higher than we've seen in any figures over that seventeen year period so they are

a major stakeholder and it is important for many that they are at future talks in terms of peace in regards to the country and how that moves forward now there was a warning today when there was that new twelve month that's been assembled for these conditional talks is that these talks maybe conditional in terms of getting to the table but the demands will not be accepted if they are unconditional representatives diplomats here saying one of the most important things that they are not allowed to be disregarded in future is the rights of the citizens of afghanistan particularly its women live from geneva this hour with the. trump spark in the firing line accused of failing to keep a signature campaign promise. through the u.s. leaders words are coming back to haunt him when he made bold pledges like these.

they're all coming back well. we're not. we're going to get those values up we're going to get those jobs coming back light at the end of the tunnel pledged to general motors workers by donald trump but far from coming by that plants now getting closed along with four others in north america over fourteen thousand g.m. workers tipped to get the boot but don't worry you now can't feed your family the c.e.o. says it's all good layoffs or in roth built swing states that put trump in power the donald says he's not happy with like i was. with what. i said you know. you better get back. talk is cheap republican led congress has done a lot for g.m. management policy involves tax cuts worth millions congressman g.m. pocketing that windfall then stabbing employees in the back calling it greed at its

worst and more it's insulting aaron and i tell you what he did not lift one finger we sent the president's letter president letters to try to get him in gauged in helping us figure out what the future of this facility is so it's a browns warning of jim cheese pilfering government to help taxpayers have heard it before when barack obama build out the bankrupt firm in zero nine the government watchdog notes his administration was happy so approve of that cash going on excessive bonuses for its management obama did he buy their coal once he quits the white house i got to get inside a brand new chevy volt fresh off the line even though secret service would let me drive it was when i said that in five years from now when i'm not president anymore . well jim just pulled the plug on that model and five others by the way that news release about axing story optimizing workers on allocating plonks just before the festive season a cool zero crushes. zero emissions zero congestion at the moment it's one

executive tax break five plants shots and fourteen thousand sex trump and jim exacts you'll fired the president reacted to the news by tweeting his disappointment with the decision he also threaten to cut government subsidies for the company and confirmed his pledge to protect american manufacturing jobs. all right acting legend martin sheen and broadcasting titan phil donahue are among the culture bidders next in our documentary paying the price for peace this is r.t. international. so after reading trash for life it needs to keep the nicaraguan. invited us back. for the twenty fifth anniversary of the founding of the episode. on october fifth or in the past this plane was shot down and they're going to come into play. going to target reagan to run.

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and funded the contra insurgents through drug trafficking and secret arms sales to be wrong it's all secret but the house and the shoot down. into the open to make a mistake it's really hard to tehran sir no and i'm not taking any questions and it's just a second i'm going to ask each journey general meese to brief you on what we presently know what he has found. what. the revelations of the iran contra affair gave new momentum to the work of the peace activists. evidence showed that the weapons were coming from the largest pentagon arms depot on the west coast california's concord naval weapons station. well they were alan and i went out just to check out the situation. and discovered

that on one side of the road. were literally.