simon short. of the world of politics. i'm sure i'll see you then. to rub people up the twelve euros fifty. russian president call sunday's maritime clash between russian and ukrainian vessels nothing but provocation described. these days as a brand to sell ahead of ukraine's general election next year. council. focused on. a survivor of the horrific

mass grooming case in the u.k. steps forward calling for a change to british law. convicted rapist. also . we're going to get those values up we're going to get those jobs coming back to present places of cities in which he had promised to revitalize american manufacturing see factories closed and. closed. jobs. midnight in moscow good morning for me kevin now and then this is art international life hoping you stay with me for at least the next hour for snapshot of some of the big stories we're covering around the world starting with this russian president's call clashes between ukrainian and russian vessels in the straight on sunday a ratings as kids authorities look ahead to the twenty nine thousand presidential

election. if the current kiev authorities successfully so anti russian sentiment because they have nothing else to sell there's a feeling that whatever they do they will get away with it if they demand new borns for breakfast 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 he said to introduce martial law ahead of the twenty one thousand election but ima put in stress that kim's authorities didn't introduce it during some of ukraine's current ongoing moments of civil war our senior correspondent. has been following the international reaction force 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 are saying at this point there's not something germany and france have said they considering but these things i think can develop over time u.s. president donald trump himself asked and 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 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 were also heard a lot of criticism in the press with calls and questions to don't trump and other leaders and why they aren't condemning russia hard enough but let's. not happy about 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 the great britain canada for example have condemned russia or third parties such as and you think tanks the atlantic council one of the one of the pundits has been calling on nato to send warships to the as i 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 which ships 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 texted the ukrainian vessels they had new choice but to use weapons to seize these vessels as they were behaving dangerously radically they hadn't followed the notification s.b.u. counter-espionage agents were on board they also say that this is a provocation. on the other side of this kid says it had warned russia about the presence of its vessels in the area and has further called the seizing of its ships an act of aggression ukraine's demanding all twenty four crew members be released immediately they've been given a two month detention sentence security analyst charles shoe bridge told escape strong backing for western countries right now means it can act rashly you've got

a country such as ukraine which is repeatedly sure it's a challenging its much more powerful neighbor and it's doing that because it's been given leeway to do so by former foremost the united states and also of course backed up 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 at attack weapons and other weapons to ukraine instead of trying to defuse a situation apart from the recent escalation between russia and ukraine plimer putin also touched on other major topics at this year's russia calling investment for right here in moscow among them the role u.s. dollars going to play in the global economy as a dinner to do reports. the russian president was clear about the state of traditional global trading and the association with the us dollar now is the time for innovation and change. we have no goal of moving away from the dollar it's the

dollar that's moving away from. 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 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's 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 state 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 business with iran threatening sanctions in place and to add insult to america's injury problems is also apparently mulling over an alternative to an economic trading power through a stronger euro zone the difference about strategic and commercial interests financial independence back in business we must propose and this is the request made to the commission to consolidate your abs. financial autonomy and finally and the extra territorial nature of some financial and monetary decisions is the secret that the global economy and politics is interconnected and what we have is

a reversible reaction was proving to be a list of the consequences turning back into action that they are today or r.t. . also the u.s. has insisted on holding back a recent u.n. draft resolution which could help give relief to the devastating three year long conflict in yemen washington though reportedly wants to wait for possible talks between the saudi but coalition and who three rebels which may or may not be about to take place the beginning of december the draft was initiated by the u.k. it offered to promote to restart the peace talks between those party to the war in yemen the resolution outlines a two week deadline or removing barriers that currently prevent humanitarian aid for instance reaching the country it 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 her 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 so the arabia says its military operations in yemen are aimed at fighting terrorism but international humanitarian groups are calling on the u.s. to halt its military support for riyadh it a joint statement five charity organizations pleaded for urgent action with as many as fourteen million people at risk right now of starvation is already described as one of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world the situation continues to deteriorate each and every day and yet.

researcher at the islamic human rights commission and then geo would change to help people of all faith told me the saudis could immediately allow humanitarian aid into yemen if they wanted to. it's the saudis that are stopping this aid from with dick luzhin of the british britain the british government and the american government so i think that's what we need to actually look out on tons focusing our attention. united nations resolutions in terms of calling for this to actually be and there's no reason why they can't stop this immediately and forcefully i see a very bleak picture ahead and 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 are britain america and young men 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. and pay and a call for a lot change after the rapist who fathered her son for abuse was reportedly allowed to contact the child and this to say a church cannot report. an unusual case getting quite a bit of traction in the u.k. a victim of child sexual exploitation has a wave to anonymity and come forward demanding a change in the laws 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 is about. to. be enough. to apply. i'm praying to. 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 him counsel 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 afforded 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 safeguarding is now more important but in the ninety's and in the northeast the youth workers that were working at the time just a drain on public funds we do need prosecutions we do need parents to speak up and say yes our daughter was a victim in the english community the english families they will go and they will seek prosecution and but within the asian community where it does happen and it's

still rife groomers are protected by the own community because they are chained by . stigma so that's why there prosecutions are then lessons have been learnt but they're not being acted upon. people rather than what they thought about the sami would her case to be. absolute. and it's so horrible i think it is this. just disgusting. the police should be frightened to do anything in the past understood or do it now absolutely incredulous the fact that they can just think it's acceptable to approach a convicted rapist and ask him if he wants access to a child. present trauma to the foreign law and yet again this time accused of failing to keep his signature campaign promise daniel bushell looks at how the us leaders words are coming back to haunt him after a bold pledges like these. they're all coming back.

we're going to get those values up we're going to get those jobs coming back at the end of the tunnel pledge to general motors workers by donald trump but for from coming plants now getting closed along with four others in north america over fourteen thousand. and work is 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. you but again that. 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 to approve of that cash going on excessive bonuses for its management obama added he by their call 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 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. bushell well 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. focus of the story in europe next germany's 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 the ride from the crisis broke out in twenty fifteen but it seems right now that initiative is dividing public opinion peter all over our europe correspondent been to find out why. germany is looking to convince migrants but it's time to go home last year sixteen hundred people opted for voluntary replant creation the latest figures for twenty eighteen show that that number is down to just three hundred 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 to being paid the program is open to those who don't have the legal right to stay in germany failed asylum applications or those still being processed posters for the campaign which have got 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 if things are fine in their home country then this team is probably a possibility but the majority of migrants come from war torn countries it 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 so i support this initiative this offer to migrants go. if. it will cost much more money the interior ministry who is behind the program is headed up by horse and they hope for at times the most by a brand of german officials when it comes to the migrant question fenland of no country can take an unlimited number of refugees we want the integration of people who have the right to stay but integration can only succeed if we put a cap on immigration. my sixty nine sixty nine people were flying back to afghanistan and. he has since calmed that 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 the 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 thought through to the end of this pact for migration as well as for refugees is the right answer it is our task to contribute to that in this twenty first century burled everyone has a chance for development so that we have peace and don't put 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 angola merkel as leader of the christian democratic union has said he isn't much of a fan of the un migration pact either nor is it particularly on board with warts the german basic law has to say about asylum he's been a long time of been convinced that we should open the 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 all through some of the means whoever 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. well parallel to this kind of related new switzerland's hosted a conference on rebuilding war torn afghanistan but the taliban which controls large parts of the country has no doubt those talks a correspondent sheila dubinsky report from geneva next. 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 a 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 in moscow to were held 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 openly active in seventy percent of afghan the regions that's for 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 month 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 here 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. for months media return garza has been focused on the protests from the border especially on fridays as no but now young palestinians and israelis are trying to give each other and the rest of world a glimpse into what their lives really are like on both sides of the big divide. the gods of the world sees in the news is mostly about numbers numbers. numbers of

homeless numbers resisting in gaza is that. you can help us find an ugly foil or voices to share our stories with the world. some of the pictures we post and some of the videos we make or instagram effect the side of the story that isn't normally the case if i may surround libya the stories of regular people the farmer the shoemaker's downstairs everyday people the ones we don't normally hear about in the news the forgotten ones the ones behind the numbers this 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 humanity among the i'm alone on a phenomenon the you're going to learn. learned was. how long will the children live in the border here on a daily basis the sounds of loss how long the entire family has been days and nights in bomb shelters where selling stories from a sixteen year old's point of view not from the political point to feel that we 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 only the right. to sleep in peace and not to worry about the situation who want plants who want to leave normally we didn't do anything to them.

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