when the. leak. was the. u.s. senators demanded an end to military support for saudi arabia in the long running war in yemen. a lot of near burden accuses ukraine's president of introducing martial law to boost his ratings ahead of the upcoming election and says the recent dispute in the church street was nothing but

a provocation by kiev also the south. being pinched as being nurtured by members from the council to climb. on train till around. the sexual abuse and survivor in the u.k. calls for a change in the law after the man who raped her is given access to her son born as a result of the assault. on john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. for the us senate has passed a resolution calling on the government to end its support for the saudi led intervention in yemen that's despite opposition from the white house and has 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 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 pencillers 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 this arguing that somehow this resolution would actually hurt the conditions of those living 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 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 essential he 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 secretary of defense james mattis came forward and essentially argued that while he was concerned about the plight of civilians in yemen this resolution was the wrong move security interests cannot be. dismissed even as received accountability for what president trump describes is the unacceptable and horrible crime of jamal who shows us mudda the saudi bombing has been responsible for the majority of the death and destruction in yemen and has led to this tremendous famine the largest outbreak of cholera in modern history and none of that seemed to move the elected officials in this country enough to do anything about it and it was the death of a washington post journalist

a saudi but somebody who was known to people in the elite circles in washington d.c. that really led to the kind of vote that we're seeing today there's a strong what i call a pro war lobby which is made up of the weapons industry and as long as the american people do intention the media didn't show us the results of the bombings the dead civilians the starving children congress was happy to go along and not do anything about it already described as one of the worst humanitarian crises the situation continues to deteriorate every day you know.

president putin has accused ukraine's leadership of orchestrating a recent clash in the carriage strafe to drum up anti russian sentiment and boost 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 . well tomorrow put in was referring to the clash between russian and ukrainian vessels last sunday in which three ukrainian ships were seized he said kiev deliberately created the standoff as a pretext to introduce martial law ahead of the need two thousand one thousand election i see no question about our guys they have 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 to critique the government has of course taken note of the criticism of 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 it'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 austin 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 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 store and 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 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 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 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 the 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 charles troubridge says feels it has been given carte blanche by its western back. you've got a country such as ukraine which is repeatedly challenging its much more powerful neighbor and its steering not because it's been given leeway to do so by former foremost 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 ataturk 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 the role of the u.s. dollar in international trade as and he's now dear tutor reports the russian president was clear about the state of traditional global trading and the association with the u.s. dollar now is the time the innovation and change. we have no goal of moving away from the dollar is 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 and create a financial system independent from the dollar. should put in has confirmed that russia along with some partners is working on poland systems independent of swift

now if you. thinking russia is acting like a rebel without legitimate cause then understand that this is actually not a revolutionary idea trauma's 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 lol and could be open to other partners in the world that came after american pressure on business with iran threatening sanctions in case of violence and to add insult to america's injury france 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 we must propose and this is the request made to the commission to consolidate europe's financial autonomy and formally and 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 catalyst for consequences turning back into action now dear tutor r.t. . it 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 and says you're going to have more. 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. and if not that might. be enough. to apply today i'm trying to learn 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 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 workers that were waking at the time they were 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 what it does happen and it's still rife groomers are protected by the own community because they are chained by our no. stigma so that's why they're prosecutions are there lessons have been learnt but they are not being acted upon. president trump is in the firing line accused of failing to keep a signature campaign promise artie's daniel bushell takes a look at how the us leaders words are coming back to haunt him after bold pledges like these. they're all coming back well.

we're not sure. 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 g.m. workers to get the boot but don't worry you know your family the c.e.o. says it's all good layoffs or in ross bill swing states that put trump in power the donald says he's not happy with like it was i would never do it and i said you know the. general you better get back you. talk is cheap republican led congress has done a lot for the. the management policy involved 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 bronze warning of jim cheese pilfering government to help taxpayers have heard it before when barack obama bailed 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 that did inside a brand new chevy volt fresh out the line even though secret service would let me drive it was when i said i'm five years from now when i'm not president anymore than i am. well jim just pulled the plug on that model and five others by the way that news release about axing story open some eyes in workers on allocating clones 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 sex trump and jim exacts you're fired the president reacted to the news by tweeting his disappointment with the decision he also threatened to cut government subsidies for the company and confirmed his pledge to protect american manufacturing jobs or he has received a surprising compliment from the u.s. establishment which has long been critical of this network and former undersecretary 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 an unrelenting 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 to weaken us 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 event r.t. is a source of false information the russian government also created and spread fake news and conspiracies across the vast social media landscape big news that's being spread by russia fake news has dominated the true had lines fake news spread by russia and of course or two which is heavily supported by funded by the russian the russian government big news fake news kremlin spread misleading or otherwise fake news media and legal analyst lionel gave us his a very 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 synthetic that was the old story now it's your own true. 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.

the former top defense official in the u.k. has claimed the country needs to quote rediscover the mentality that helped to win the cold war if we are to deal effectively with emerging threats like russia david richardson served as chief of the defense staff we asked people on the streets for their reaction so they'll change this is the question or take. along a most all sense and you don't want any mentality like that and it. was a. given that i wouldn't pass rushers. i mean i know. some if there is you know it to. question what is going on is a resume this is god's pushing for spending the controversial remarks from david richards came after a new report by the london based think tank policy exchange saying a new department could 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 williams and journalist john white thinks of the government is doing all that it can to divert attention from briggs it. this is redolent of utter tissue political establishment that is in deep and unremitting crisis over the kyocera towers wrought with its mishandling of breaks it. but more importantly all the social pressures that are sure where its implementation over said it to you over the last three years since the north and to test waste of british taxpayers' money at that time is a statement to so many people a fifth of the entire population are suffering group over tea and their own up to christmas this is a ruling class that says holding onto the past like

a journeyman onto a way for us because that is only have in order to sustain their position they're always enemies to be vanquished and countries too recently 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. germany has introduced a program and that encouraging migrants to return to their home countries the german government is still trying to get a handle on the wave of migrants that arrived when the crisis broke out back in two thousand and fifteen but the initiative is dividing public opinion argues peter oliver has been out to find out why. germany is looking to convince migrants starts its time to go home last year sixteen hundred people opted for voluntary every punch relation 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 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 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 because i support this initiative this offer to migrants because if they stay in the it will cost much more money the interior ministry who is behind the program is headed up by horse and at times the most by a brand of german officials when it comes to the migrant question. 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. i was on my sixty nine sixty nine people were flying back to afghanistan and noise. 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 its german equivalent of the constitution 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 removed you 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 count ourselves first and then the stand that german values mean always thinking about as with 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 he 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 is 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 us. for months media attention on gaza has been focused on the protests and anger at the border now young palestinians and israelis are trying to give each other and the world a glimpse into what their lives are really like on both sides of the divide. the gods of the world series 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 our 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 a normal day to day if i may surround libya the stories of regular people in the farm or the shoemaker's downstairs every day people the ones who don't normally hear about in the news the forgotten ones the ones behind the numbers this kindergarden 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 and the man with the lamb alone on

a moment the you couldn't 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 a few blocks from the political point a few we don't have a new 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. there's to sleep in peace and not to worry about the situation but want to please you want to leave normally we didn't do anything to the.