u.s. senators demand an end to military support for saudi arabia in the long running war in yemen. crane's the president of introducing martial law to boost his reading of the upcoming election and says the recent dispute in the arab street was nothing but

a provocation by q also the. council. on screen. a sexual abuse survivor in the u.k. calls for a change in the law the man who raped her is given access to her son born as a result of the. broadcast larger. international really glad to have you with us. i know the u.s. senate has passed a resolution calling on the government to end its support for the saudi led intervention in yemen despite opposition from the white house as more. well the vote was sixty three to thirty seven with support on both sides of the aisle the resolution called for the united states to end any cooperation with the saudi led

attack on yemen now one of the voices speaking in favor of the resolution was us senator bernie sanders of vermont this is some of his argument in favor of the resolution we have been providing the bombs that the saudi led coalition is using we have been refueling their planes before they drop those bombs this is a vote. that says to the world we are going to end. the whole rip the humanitarian. that is killing tens and tens of thousands of the pencils children in yemen there was opposition to this resolution from the white house very strong we heard that there was a closed door session in congress with mike pompei oh the secretary of state addressed members of the u.s. senate and urged them not to pass this resolution arguing that somehow this resolution would actually hurt the conditions of those living in yemen and 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 it's been widely reported that the united states prevented a resolution in the united nations that would have condemned the saudi attacks on yemen the resolution had support from the united kingdom among others and essentially would have called on saudi arabia to cease its activities that harm civilians however the united states works behind the scenes to prevent it from becoming a resolution now there has been widespread opposition and condemnation to saudi arabia's activities in yemen we've heard statements from charities that have come forward humanitarian organizations and said that essentially saudi activities put fourteen million people at risk of malnutrition however the united states continues to align with saudi arabia now it's important to point out that this is not the first time there have been votes on capitol hill regarding this issue and back in march the u.s.

senate was presented with the opportunity to vote on this resolution and failed to do so they did not pass this resolution however today as we have seen they did actually come forward and condemn saudi arabia's activities in yemen not much has changed in yemen sense march however what has changed is there has been widespread outrage about the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi so it is it appears that many are starting to question u.s. relations with saudi arabia secretary of defense james mattis came forward and essentially argued that while he was concerned about the plight of seville. in yemen this resolution was the wrong move our security interests cannot be dismissed even as we seek accountability for what president trump describes is the unacceptable and horrible crime of jamal who shows use mudda now we have heard that the trumpet ministration is threatening to veto this resolution so people will be watching to see what happens next. all right let's cross live now to international

affairs analyst colum cavell contacts for being with us here on our team international as always. and it seems as live t.v. there sometimes are issues and we're having one right now we hope to get him back and if we do we will make sure that we get back to you. moving on already described as one of the worst humanitarian crisis is in in the world actually the situation can you tin used to deteriorate every single day in yemen take a look. i

live television sometimes presents some challenges we hope to get colum cavell back with us to discuss our lead story here in a bit but right now we'll switch gears. president putin has accused ukraine's leadership of orchestrating a recent clash in the carriage straight to drum up anti russian sentiment and boosted their own ratings. if the current kiev authorities successfully so anti russian sentiment because they have nothing else to so 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 a lot of men put in was referring to the clash between russian and ukrainian vessels last sunday in which three ukrainian ships were seen he said kiev it deliberately created the standoff as a pretext to introduce martial law ahead of the two thousand one thousand election our correspondent so here's what i've got to have has been following international

reaction for the 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 to critique 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 tsu a card what additional sanctions could be implemented i've seen at this point the sort something germany and france have said they 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 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 donald trump and other leaders and why they aren't condemning russia hard enough but let's. be 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 that 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 be as well to see through the street crossing perhaps unaware that such a move would be illegal as the season tunnel borders of russia and ukraine and requires the permission of both the third party which ships to enter the as a 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 followed any notification s.b.u. counter-espionage agents were on board they also say that this is

a provocation meanwhile kiev claims it warned russia about the presence of its vessels in the area and it called the seizure of its ships an act of aggression ukraine is demanding the immediate release of twenty four crew members who are in custody in russia security analyst at trial shoebridge says a key of feels has been given carte blanche by its western backers. you've got a country such as ukraine which is repeatedly said challenging its much more powerful neighbor and it's doing not 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 at attack weapons and other weapons to ukraine instead of trying to defuse the situation. aside from the dispute between russia and ukraine vladimir putin touched

on plenty of other issues at the russia calling investment forum in moscow one of them was at the wall of the u.s. dollar in international trade so he's not your tutor report. 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 and you see you have no goal of moving away from the dollar is the dollar that's moving away from us. 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 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 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 extraterritorial nature of some financial and monetary decisions 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 list for consequences turning back into action now dear to r.t. . let's go back to our top story now as promised the u.s. senate has passed a resolution calling on the government to end its support for the saudi led intervention in yemen for more we can now cross live had to international affairs analyst canterville thanks for coming back to us and you know hey it's live television sometimes these things happen as i said before all right so the u.s. has been supporting saudi operations in yemen since the start of the war in march

two thousand and fifteen so why has it taken the senate this long to take a stand on the issue. mr thomas the united states congress would prefer to keep this quiet they would prefer to have on deals with saudi arabia and make a lot of money off of it that's exactly what donald trump wants to do however with the killing of jamal khashoggi a journalist for the washington post and the middle east a saudi who is critical mama bin soman they feel that morally they have to act now the united states values of freedom of speech of journalistic integrity conveys them propel them motivates them to act because the public wind of this relationship this long relationship with the murderous regime saudi arabia

the public generally does not know and is not where saudi regime murders the people on a regular basis but with a few minutes of office ovi they are now assuming what is going on in both the senate and both the thirty seven is going to push this resolution. murphy mike lee and bernie sanders and they're going to have a debate next week. in this will be why did this thing see whether or not the senate is forced into reining in the front problem does not want this resolution to go forward and so we're going to have a conflict about how the going president trump and the u.s. senate over this resolution well you bring up a very good point there that this resolution does put the senate at loggerheads

with of the trumpet ministration which wants to continue its myth of military support for the saudis some people even say that there's a personal conflict there with the president trying to keep his personal interests in line as well how do you see this all playing out between the administration and the senate to equal branches of government. it will be interesting as a thomas i initially thought that they were going to just cover it up and just move on and be business as usual but because of the international. oh we're into markets killing and specially within the united states you're going to have a battle that is being forced upon president trump now he can continue to defend the saudi leadership mama bin solomon but i think he is already made statements that until it's proven he won't change course so with the senate it's

going to have to do and particularly if they can get help from the cia or turkey the turkish government to release this tape to the public if that happened then everything else would change and further drop would have hurt his mom and now they do not want to cut their prize with saudi arabia so they're all playing a very tight game not the lose their relationship but just does large mama builds on her right a very tight game indeed interesting to her thoughts international affairs analyst conk of l finally after a little bit of technical difficulty difficulties there thanks for being with us on our to international thank you or more news after a short break you're watching our international. anchor thanks.

it's ukraine versus russia again a minor maritime incident on the current strait is said to be anything between a major international crisis to a cheap campaign trick as ukraine imprisoned election cycle take your pick but one thing is for sure russia is deemed aggressive by the west even when defending its sovereignty. you are producing a lot of oil and gas now or energy independent where as big as the russia and saudi arabia but the point as you're making there is that they're actually losing money on every. good hope to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and she. want to be. with you going to be for us this is what the three of them will be good. interested in the waters in the.

welcome back this is our two international a british woman who was raped as a child has expressed her outrage after local authorities tried to give the man who assaulted her access to the son born as a result of the rape parties on associate you're going to has more. an unusual case getting quite a bit of traction in the u.k. a victim of child sexual exploitation has a waiter on the name of the m. 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 the story isn't.

and it's not going to. be enough. to apply today and praying till. 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 lul 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 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 than 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 which is that where we can at the time they are just a drain on public funds you do need prosecutions we do need parents to speak up and

see. yes our daughter was a victim in the english community the english families they will go and they will seek prosecution 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 learned but they are not being acted upon. r.t.i. has received a surprising compliment from the us establishment which has long been critical of this network a former under secretary for u.s. homeland security gave her take on one of our shows r.t. russia today has a weekly program called america's lawyer. the relenting theme of which to quote one of the openings is america's justice system is corrupt and broken i don't think there's anything in there that is a law i but it is i'm relenting only one sided view if you knew how to look at the

other side you would see that russia at least is weighing in on both sides they're not on your side they're not on the other side they're on their own side it is too weak. suzanne spaulding made those remarks during a national security forum in washington d.c. her views are very different to the usual accusations from u.s. politicians and the western media that r.t. is a source of false information. russian government also created and spread fake news and conspiracies across the vast social media landscape fake news that's being spread by russia fake means has dominated the true had lines fake news spread by russia and of course or t.v. which is heavily supported by funded by the russian the russian government fake news fake news kremlin spread misleading or otherwise fake news media and legal analyst lionel gave us his very own unique take on the story. the truth hurts the truth can be problematic don't be so truthful r.t.

don't be so truthful or could you be a little bit more positive in their truth this is a dramatic difference from fake imaginary on real untrue fictional fictive are soft synthetic that was the old story now it's your tone. could you be a little less truthful could you could you could you perhaps baby spread the truth around a drug addict improvement in my humble opinion it can not harm the united states but it can devastate the government it can devastate aspects agencies law enforcement judicial system politicians presidents to congress all of the truth kid be horrible their truth especially if it exposes corruption oh

absolutely but does it hurt america americans never. it former top defense official in the u.k. has claimed the country needs to quote rediscover the mentally mentality excuse me that helps to win the cold war if we are to deal effectively with emerging threats like russia david richards served as chief of the defense staff we ask people on the streets for their reaction so they'll change this is that right or take that long i'm not sure. you don't want any mentality like that and upset. that you can i wouldn't pass rushers are. you going i mean i know. some of. this. mr bush is going to say presume this is god so pushing this moment spending the controversial remarks from david richards came after a new report by the london based think tank policy exchange saying

a new department should be created at the ministry of defense it would be similar to a structure that existed in the one nine hundred seventy s. at the height of the cold war department would access enemy military capabilities and evaluate the u.k.'s ability to retaliate the idea has already been supported by defense secretary gavin williams and journalist john white thinks the government is doing all that it can to divert attention from. that this is rather one of utter tissue political establishment that is in deep and unremitting crisis over the chaos it has a lot of us mishandling all wrecks it. but more importantly all the social pressures that harshaw over its implementation overstate it over the last three years and the north and i detest waste of british taxpayers' money at that time as they were so many people a fifth of the entire population are suffering grim poverty and their own up to

christmas this is a ruling class that is holding on to the past like any journeyman onto a life raft because that is only have in order to sustain their position they're always enemies to be by questions and countries to beastly in russia is a traditional enemy of the british ruling class that it is by no means the traditional enemy of the british people did it to be at the very people who are telling them that russia should be the enemy as are to international. i'm going to go camp sundown again for people that can't bluff and they're like so vampires. this is like a safe house i guess they don't have to talk about what they go through 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 some of the brains of gradually shrinking inside the scolded speaker 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 muscles way down to the bone and there's no relief. so we're just not sure this is going to stop. when lawmakers manufactured and sentenced to the public will. when the remain close to some project themselves. with the crime and

merry go round lifts only the one percent. we can all middle of the room signals. the only real news is. the world. us producing a lot of oil and gas in our energy and abandonware as big as the russia and saudi arabia but the point as you're making there is that they're actually losing money on every barrel.

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