you know that if you're not yeah. you'll get killed any kind of. a few names on the. russian president call sunday's maritime clash between russian and ukrainian vessels nothing but. sentiment these days as a brand to sell the head of ukraine's general election next year. maybe it's. going to counseling. focus on training.

a survivor of her case in the u.k. steps forward calling for change to british law. the convicted rapist to be in contact with the child and also. we're going to get those values up we're going to get those jobs coming back president face of the cities in which he promised to revitalize american manufacturing factories closing and thousands of jobs being axed. kevin i'm with you eleven pm eastern for next thirty minutes or so for a snapshot of the stories making some of the headlines around the world this wednesday night starting with this russian president's called clashes between

ukrainian and russian vessels in the kurdish straits on sunday as a ratings stunt as kids authorities look ahead to the twenty nine thousand presidential election. if the current kiev authorities successfully so anti russian sentimental because they have nothing else to say there's a feeling that whatever they do they will get away with that if they demand new borns for breakfast so they will get babies so what they'll say the government wants to eat the russian leader also said that the current standoff was a pretext to introduce martial law ahead of the twenty nine thousand election in a putin stress that kids authorities didn't introduce and sharing some of the cranes worst moments in the ongoing civil war our senior correspondent laura because he has been following the international reaction for grounds. 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. the government has of course taken note of the criticism the north stream to ease first and foremost an economic project that's what we've always said but at the same time we've repeatedly indicated that it has however a political dimension to 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 what additional sanctions could be implemented absent at this point there's not something germany and france have said they considering but these things i think can develop over time the u.s. president donald trump himself asked and whether he's going to condemn russia's actions in the u.s. while 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 he's referring 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 with calls and questions to donald trump and other leaders and why they aren't condemning russia hard enough we'll let. you have the president trump issued 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 third parties such as juice think tanks the atlantic council one of their one of their

pundits has been calling on nato to send warships to the as i see through the street 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 for third party will ships to enter the as of seat 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 new 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. meantime care of says it had warned russia about the presence of its vessels in the area and has called for that the seizing of its ships an act of aggression ukraine's demanding that all twenty four crewmembers be released immediately be given a two month detention center sentence as it stands the moment. british told us

scamps strong backing from western countries right now means it can rationally. you've got a country such as ukraine which is repeatedly sure it's a challenging its much more powerful neighbor and it's tearing up because it's been given leeway to do so by form for most of 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 . apart from the recent escalation between russia and ukraine but ima putin also touched on some of the major topics at this year's russia calling investment formulas happening here in moscow earlier among them the role the u.s. dollar plays in the global economy with more on that tonight and india achieved a reporting next. the russian president was clear about the state of traditional

global trading and the association with the u.s. dollar now is the time for innovation and change and you see you we have no goal of moving away from the dollar to the dollar that's moving away from. you. making such decisions are not shooting themselves in the fertile but somewhere more delicate 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 and create a financial system independent from the dollar. should put in 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 revolutionary idea thomas mantra of america first america first is now imbedded

in our minds and economically there was always bound to be a backlash one of the innovations has been the leading nations to find independence from the dollar e.u. member states will set up a legal entity to facilitate legitimate financial transactions with iran and this will allow european companies to continue to trade with iran in accordance with european union low and could be open to other partners in the world that came after american pressure on europe to ditch 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. an economic can trade imposed through a stronger euro zone the defense of our strategic and commercial interests financial independence. must propose and this is the request we made to the commission to consolidate europe's financial. ornament finally and the

extraterritorial nature of some point announced on monetary decisions. is their secret that the global economy and politics is interconnected and what we have is a reversible reaction was proving to be a list for consequences turning back into action the dear tudor r.t. . the us has insisted on holding back a recent u.n. draft resolution that could help give relief to the devastating three year long conflict in yemen washington the reportedly wants to wait for possible talks between the coalition and who think rebels which may or may not be about a tape placed at the beginning of december the draft was initiated by the u.k. it offered to promote a restart to peace talks between those party to the war in yemen the resolution outlines a two week deadline on removing barriers that currently prevent humanitarian aid reaching the country and also calls for attacks to stop in all civilian areas while

introducing a cease fire in one of the worst hit areas that's the port city of the data meantime the u.s. secretary of state highlighted washington's positive influence on the crisis in yemen the suffering in yemen grieves me but if the united states of america was not involved in yemen it would be a hell of a lot worse saudi arabia says its military operations in yemen are aimed at fighting terrorism but international humanitarian groups of calling on the u.s. to halt its military support for riyadh in a joint statement five charity organizations pleaded for urgent action there's many as fourteen million people at risk right now of starvation already described as one of the worst humanitarian crisis made the situation continues to deteriorate each and every day in yemen.

well research for the islamic human rights commission an ngo which helps people of all faiths told me that earlier the saudis could immediately allow humanitarian aid into yemen if they wanted too. it's the saudis that are stopping this a coming in with the collusion of the brits britain british government and the american government so i think that's what we need to actually look in terms of focusing our attention. united nations resolutions. calling for this to actually end there's no reason why they can't stop this immediately unfortunately i very bleak picture. because i don't

really see any of the participants in any mood to actually do anything realistically on the ground which will make a change and the people who can and the governments that can make a difference britain america and yemen who are involved in this genocide of the yemeni people and this needs to stop. the victim of sexual abuse is being backed by u.k. m.p. in a call for a lot change there after the rapist who fathered his son through abuse was reportedly allowed to contact the child and this is a chicken it is the details below an unusual case getting quite a bit of traction in the u.k. a victim of child sexual exploitation has a way of her anonymity and come forward demanding a change and the law is following revelations that a man who had raped her as a teenager as a result of which she had a child was apparently reached out to by the local council inviting him to

partake in the child's life this is about myself my son the man that relate to me in that encounter and the fact that my me has been a person council to apply focus today and pray until around right now this man in question was actually put behind bars two years ago and is serving a thirty five year sentence for multiple sexual offenses involving nine girls including this woman sammy woodhouse and. we know that he was told by rather in council that he could seek visits with the child well just to be clear the man did not make such an application but this still became a good enough reason to trigger a call for a change in the legislation to protect others this is what a local m.p. had to say on this appalling examples of the little 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 food to the ministry of justice have said that they're investigating this case to see whether it was an error or potentially part of a wider problem we also know that the council have said that they were basically just following guidelines and rather them is really a place in the northern u.k. that had reached the headlines in the media previously back in twenty fourteen when an independent inquiry had found that as many as over fourteen hundred girls were groomed and abused over sixteen years and that report had found that that was carried out predominantly by men of pakistani origin so it's indeed very likely that this latest case is going to again stir up lots of questions that need to be addressed there i personally believe in the best interest of the child that child doesn't need to know who that person was who did that to his mum or not what we can

do to protect is better is safeguarding the all youth wicca's the other community wicca's and i will say this openly and publicly the youth which is are nothing short of a disgraced safeguarding is now more important but in the ninety's and in the northeast the youth workers that were waking at the time they were just a drain on public funds they do need prosecutions we do need parents to speak up and say yes our daughter was a victim in the english community the families they will go and they will seek prosecution and but with. in the asian community where it does happen and it's still rife there groomers are protected by their own community because they are chained by our no. stigma so that's why they are prosecutions are there lessons have been learned but they are not being acted upon. ergo the present trumps in the firing line again accuse this time of failing to keep a signature campaign promise to a bushel next looks at how the us leaders words are coming back to haunt him after a bold pledges like these. they're all coming back well.

not south where 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 to 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. 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 chiefs 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 out 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 sorry optimizing workers on allocating plonks just before the festive season but

a cool zero crushes. zero emissions zero congestion at the moment it's one executive tax break five plants shot and fourteen thousand sacked trump and jim exacts you're 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. in europe germany has introduced a program aimed at encouraging migrants to return to their home countries the german government still trying to get a handle on the wave of migrants that arrive since that crisis first broke out back in twenty fifteen but seems the initiative is dividing public opinion right now peter all of has been trying to work out why. germany is looking to convince migrant starts its time to go home last year sixteen hundred people opted for voluntary every punch relation the latest figures for twenty eighteen showed that that number is down to just three hundred and that has prompted the government to

put in place a new incentive program under the slogan your land your future it offers financial payouts understood to be capped at three thousand euro per family or one thousand per individual to return to their country of origin these payments could take the form of flight tickets or even rent being paid the program is open for those who don't have the legal right to stay in germany failed asylum applications although still being processed posters for the campaign which have gone up in seven different languages nationwide have had pain throwing up them like the ones you see here others have being dogged in graffiti saying refugees are welcome here the campaign posters sound the reaction to them have splits opinions here in berlin. if they want to return and if things are fine in their home country then this scheme is probably a possibility but the majority of migrants country war torn countries makes it much easier to send people back to their home countries i think it's preposterous people

who are already here should stay here syrians and others in any case i think it's a negative move. i support this initiative this so for migrants because if they stay in germany it will cost much more money the interior ministry who is behind the program is headed up by horse at times the most by a brand of german officials when it comes to the migrant question kind of no country can take an unlimited number of refugees we want the integration of people who have the right to stay integration can only succeed if we put a cap on immigration and so i was on my sixty nine. sixty nine people were flying back to afghanistan in. the house since combat rhetoric down a little bit but germany is the only country in the world that has an individual's right to asylum written in to its basic law it's german equivalent of the constitution and under until a merkel has been

a vocal supporter of the un migration pact which aims that burden sharing internationally when it comes to migrants have to be got to know this pact for migration as well as for refugees is the right answer it is our task to contribute so that in this twenty first century world everyone has a chance for development so that we have peace and don't hurt ourselves first and then the stand that german values mean always thinking of others but that plan is rejected in equally as vocally by countries such as the united states australia and italy and one of the main contenders to take over from angela merkel as leader of the christian democratic union is said he isn't much of a fan of the un migration pact either nor is it particularly on board with what's the german basic law has to say about asylum he's been a long time of been convinced that we should openly discuss this constitutional right to asylum and whether it can continue to exist in its present form whether

it's through incentive campaigns like the one we've seen or through some of the marines who and. takes over as leader of the c.d.u. is going to have the task of convincing german voters that they are the one with the solution to the question of what to do about people who are living here in germany without the required documentation to allow them to do so legally peter all of a r.t. berlin. conference on long time and developing issues in afghanistan is finished up this wednesday in switzerland however with one of the major forces in the country the taliban represented during the meeting our correspondent sheila dubin ski reports next and from geneva where this is how. 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 in terms of the peace talks and how they

can move forward in the future but there is one big thing that's been missing from these talks and that is the taliban who are not here and who have not been 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 twelve men team that will be able to open talks unconditional 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 stakeholders have been at the table at the same time that the afghan government that the u.s. government because their troops are stationed there and of course the taliban who some would say are a major stakeholder in terms of the security and the future of peace in afghanistan just recently earlier this month. held at the moscow format was held the taliban

were invited and attended those talks however the u.s. government didn't attend those talks the u.s. 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 afghan government. and that's particularly important because while the taliban was in control when the u.s. 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 number. 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 offer of that new twelve months team that's been assembled for these unconditional talks and that is that these talks may be unconditional in terms of getting to the table but the demands will not be accepted if they are unconditional representatives diplomats he's saying one of the most important things that they will not allow to be disregarded in future is the rights of the citizens of afghanistan particularly its women. from a sweeter tensional guards who has been focused on the protests and anger at the border now young palestinians and israelis are trying to give each other other us the world a glimpse into what their lives are really like on both sides of the divide. the world sees in the news mostly about numbers numbers. numbers of home numbers.

that. you can help us find an amplifier our voices to share our stories with the world. some of the pictures we post and some of the videos we make or instagram the side of the story that is normally depicted by mainstream media stories regular armor makers downstairs. every day people the ones who don't normally hear about in the news the forgotten ones the ones behind the numbers those kindergarten was destroyed by these ready bombardment of a nearby building some of the children went to the kindergarten and found it destroyed but they played with their toys despite the destruction.

of the i'm alone on a. panel you can't. come up the army. was. how long will the children live in the border here on a daily basis the sounds of the blasts how long the entire family has been days and nights in bomb shelters where telling stories from a sixteen year old's point of view not from the political point if you don't have any political stance we just want our lives to return to normal and be able to return to our homes peacefully we want our little brothers to sleep in peace and not to worry about this situation who want peace who want to live normally we didn't do anything to them.

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hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle it's ukraine versus russia again a minor maritime incident on the courage strait is said to be anything between a major international crisis to a cheap campaign trick as ukraine enters an election cycle take your pick but one thing is for sure russia is deemed aggressive by the west even when defending its sovereignty. talking strained relations i'm joined by my guest and real concern in london he's a foreign affairs consultant an analyst we also have in london married a chef ski she is a columnist for the independent and the guardian and in washington we have michael maloof he is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mary let me go to you first here.