little. league. got to put the but it's a bloody good. point but it hurts the. person this is what the decisions on the floor of the united states. in washington over the u.s. stance toward saudi arabia with calling for ending aid to go to. the white house adamantly opposes. me.

on. a sexual abuse survivor in the u.k. calls for a change in the role of the man who raped her he's told about possible access to porn as a result of the assault. to like the french presidency in a week of protests against a fuel tax increase for flat with opinion polls showing sixty six percent of people support the yellow best movement. that says they want to get here. right welcome to world news from c international first for you the u.s. senate and the white house of lock horns over america's support for saudi arabia senators are demanding that the government ends its military aid to the saudi led war effort in yemen here's how the u.s. secretary of state reacted to the move. just poorly timed this is what the decision is all about on the floor of the united states senate passing

a resolution this point it would have heard the who these would encourage the iranians that we will no longer be part of their destructive military adventurism and hopefully get a cease fire in yemen something that we have diplomatically been striving for for months and we think we're right on the cusp of that we were feeling the bombers that the saudis sent in to yemen. the most comes amid ongoing ungar over the killing of jamal khashoggi the dissident journalist murdered last month inside the saudi country that in istanbul kind of open has more on washington's current divisions 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 u.s. senator bernie sanders of vermont we have been providing the bombs. 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 record humanitarian. that is killing tens and tens of thousands of defenseless 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 mike pompei o 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 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 worked 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 since 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 to. missed even accountability for what president trump describes is the unacceptable and horrible crime of jamal who should use 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 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 and tension 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 on the planet the situation continues to deteriorate every day in yemen just a warning that some of the following images we're about to show you are upsetting to watch.

a rape victim in the u.k. is demanding a change in the law or off the man who has some to tell it was told he could be granted access to his son who was born as a result of her ordeal. is it. to me. and if not don't mind me as being a person council to apply. i'm trying to raise an unusual case getting quite a bit of traction here in the u.k. a victim of child sexual exploitation has waived her on an image and come forward demanding a change in legislation following revelations that a man who had raped her as a teenager as a result of which she became pregnant and had a child was approached by a local council to basically see if this man wanted to be part of the child's life but man in question was put behind bars two years ago which is serve a thirty five year sentence for multiple sexual offenses against nine girls in the

area including that woman sammy woodhouse who'd rather him counsel invited him to potentially seek visits with the child the man did not go for this offer and did not seek such an application however this still triggered a push for a change in legislation and this is what local m.p. had to say on the matter appalling example of the law being set up either to favor the puppetry or to actively walk against the rights of abuse survivors and the consideration they should be afforded the ministry of justice is currently investigating whether this took place due to an error or whether there is potentially a wider problem behind this we have also heard from the council who said that they were basically just following guidelines so there's a lot of questions to be addressed in this area yet again with this story now coming to the forefront. well we spoke to people in rather him in the north of

england where the grooming scandal continues to hold that town to be. absent. and it's so hard i think it is this. just discussed in. the police should be frightened to do anything in the past and now absolutely incredulous that they can just think it's acceptable to approach a convicted rapist and ask him if he will be who wants access to a child according to an independent inquiry fourteen hundred children were sexually abused in the area over a fifteen year period the children had already been in the spotlight of social services because of child protection issues and neglect the report described most perpetrators as asian british activists told us that some parts of the local community still protect offenders. 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 but within the asian community where it does happen and it is still rife there groomers are protected by the own community because they are chained by our no. stigma so that's why there prosecutions are there lessons have been learned but they are not being acted upon. from so-called yellow vests protestors have announced their plans for another series of rallies against president feel tax increase he's doubled down on the plan that says more needs to be done to address citizens complaint. from. what i've taken from these last few days is that we shouldn't change course because this is the right one and it's necessary but we do need to change how we work because a number of our citizens feel this policy course is being imposed on them from

above. or according to an opinion poll published on wednesday two in three people back the yellow vest protest nearly eighty percent of french people are unhappy with the proposals the movement originally kicked off with facebook groups calling on people to set up roadblocks across the country the yellow vest was adopted as a symbol of the protests in paris the rallies have been held. for the past two saturdays. the demonstrations are putting a heavy strain on overstretched french police who say their superiors don't understand what they're having to deal with. it said i started on what you said in diversity the police that overseen from the operation room at the headquarters they

give orders saying do that go there the situation on the ground might be very different but according to the information we have here everything is correct and the problems happen when management does not understand the risks we are taking on location because they're sitting in their office. i was told an interesting story about one location workers are willing to pay ving slabs and no one for management and told us to close off the area to prevent the protesters from pulling out they slabs and using them. those protesters and criminals people who don't want to avoid one of the movement the inside conflict the ready to commit crimes on screen the question of who they really are i would say. the use in the purchase movement is a pretext. over the years russian media and altie in particular have repeatedly

been branded by their critics in america and elsewhere as fake news and propaganda big news that's being spread by russia or two which is heavily supported. funded by the russian the russian government fake news has dominated the true had lines fake news spread by russia fake news kremlin spread misleading or otherwise fake news but in a notable shift in tone a former undersecretary for u.s. homeland security now says that r.t. does tell the truth not that it was an entirely allegation free preview 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 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. or the host of the r.t. america program mentioned there reacted by accusing spaulding of trying to cover up her own failures media and legal analyst lionel says shedding light on america's problems may be bad for the government but not for the people. 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 salves 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 maybe spread the truth

around a drug matic 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 can be horrible the truth especially if it exposes corruption oh absolutely but does it hurt america america cans never it's time to return to a cold war mentality according to the former head of britain's own forces anyway some of the story still ahead after the break.

you're producing a lot of oil and gas now or energy and abandonware as big as the russia and saudi arabia but as you're making there is that they're actually losing money out there. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spear in dramatic development that only really going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

welcome back a feminist journalist in canada has been permanently banned from twitter for hateful conduct she tweeted that trans women can't be identified as women all join the feminist movement but murphy was first locked out of her account in august she deleted her tweets and regained access but is now banned over her controversial post she accuses twitter of censoring basic facts and silencing people. twitter was working out to try to suspend my account permanently and then finally i received a notification from twitter that my account had been permanently suspend then on account noone knew miss gendering rule which i was not aware existed in and. nobody noted the users and the media weren't aware of that rule and tell friday so it was a new rule and they went back and found

a tweet that i had posted before i was aware of this rule and suspended my account because i had said yeah it's him referring to a man as he said it she and apparently this individual now identifies as a woman or has mentioned that twitter's new policy prohibits the mis gendering of transgender people it says you shouldn't refer to a trans woman by her male birth name known as dead naming. so meghan murphy got kicked off twitter under the new transfer to be a policy and had a total meltdown i'm breaking my vacation silence to celebrate that megan morpheus' tweet account has been suspended so this week meghan murphy has lost her politike been suspended from twitter twice get to see some support for trans people at last here and while many trans women were happy to see the band she defended her position explaining that her concern is about free speech and democracy you know a man should be allowed to wear

a dress of he wants to and behave in stereotypical feminine ways and not be discriminated against and not feel threatened but stepping out of those gender wars and pushing back against gender stereotypes does not make a person literally change saxe we're being forced to adopt a new language and there's new ideology those of us who do speak up who are simply just trying to have a conversation a public debate are sneered were threatened were harassed i think everyone should be really concerned because this is about free speech and democracy we're talking about policy and legislation that impacts people lives particularly women's lives. the former head of britain's armed forces says the country needs to rediscover the mentality that helped to win the cold war and deal effectively with emerging threats like russia and iran we have people on the streets of london what they thought of it. is certainly all changed so much more take. on

a more sharp are saying you don't want any mentality like that and upset that i don't. even i wouldn't pass rushers or steer anyone i mean i know of some similar things our calls are now. you know to fear from one part of a holmes to your question what i'm saying is a presume this is a god to pushing their mission. spending the remarks come off the report by a london based think tank which suggests that a new unit should be created to assess enemy capabilities while also looking at the british militaries ability to respond it will be similar to a u.s. structure that existed in the one nine hundred seventy s. at the height of the cold war journalist john white think it's all a diversion tactic. this is redolent of up there to political establishment that is in deep and unremitting crisis over the kielbasa tallis wrote letters from this kind of language wrecks it. but more importantly all the social pressures that are

sure where its implementation overstated t. over the last three years since the north and to attest waste of british taxpayers' money at that time is a statement so many people are a fifth of the entire population are suffering group over tea and their own up to christmas this is a ruling class that is holding onto the past like any dirty man or two away from because that is all they have in order to sustain their position they're always enemies to be vanquished and countries too beastly and 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 i do very people who are telling them that russia should be the enemy. it seems that as a new player in politics caps fairy friends say me being increasingly used by populist politicians to soften that image and make that policy in same well or

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right that's the way look for moscow this hour wherever you're watching international. in just about half an hour to see that.

please god can suck down again for people that can't well side in their legs so the empire. 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 katie was diagnosed with a very rare sun 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 are actually shrinking inside the soul gets taken 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 all the way down to the bone. there's no relief. we're not to sure this is what.

u.s. veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either they're already several generations of them so i just got this memo from a certain french officer says we're going to attack and destroy the government and in seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with their money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war surely we can risk. just comfort and easy newsgroup for me. thanks thanks.

to welcome to the alex aventura into our fit i'm just a special you see i'm predict insulter blue but alex felt his coach is still getting ironed after hawkman edition alex is back in scotland's capital city of edge about where he's caught up with some of scotland's finest creative artists but first your tweets and messages and still dominating as a reaction to our two part special for a member to stay on the loss of dylan castro the largest loss of life from unable to se her ambitious history many people were touched by the story first we hear from media my dad survived this she says he had severe p.t.s.d. he had me at the age of fifty we had to leave when i was four managing the child

said his p.t.s.d. also ged he was irish and able to go home after the war so he spent some time and working on the snowy mountains scheme it came to light that he took that to save money to give to a man's family who died because my dad felt for him having taken the last place on a rescue boat. fearless says in this awful bricks of madness this sure as wonderful it's very moving to hear alex talking to the survivors but he says quite an amazing show in a long past year a completely new item of history for me and one that deserves full retelling great tribute to all who lost their lives and to the survivors too and the pain they had to go through their after best says my friend's dad was on it he was lucky enough to survive john says my wife's uncle was a lancaster just survivor he was forced it to be able to throw himself overboard and then was in the water under attack from german gunfire terrifying and finally

un says a terrible loss my grandpa was on the lancaster he survived a sinking boat suffered all his days with survivor guilt the british government kept a secret but my mom and dad were part of the campaign to get direct recognized as a war grief thank you all so much for your messages now last year we interviewed former labor m.p. and independent scottish prabhat member denis kind of then about the progress in his campaign to make scotland's national day and national holiday now he's back to report a fascinating development and they said andrew de committee plotting alex spoke to dentistry certainly in edinburgh. and there really evil sometime tuesday on the way to to be joined by the secretary of the same time tuesday committee then as kind of a dallas secretary of the same time does the committee what do you have judy's until is it more difficult and bigger m.p.l. m.s.b. well the course party group in the scottish parliament for st andrews the was just set up just a few weeks ago tomas or m.s.p.

is the convener and i am the secretary under him is a fairly simple first of all to get way to recognition of the scene andras the holiday and secondly to promote the celebration of sin on tuesday and means trying to give the people of scotland open all the people of scotland inclusively the opportunity to celebrate our national identity cultural diversity under membership of the international community. along parliamentary career at westminster holyrood one of the highlights was you have legislation to establish sometimes the as a whole it is if you've managed to successfully rally the parliament behind that legislation why are you still campaigning for years later an interesting question well the legislation was eventually after

a great deal of effort it was eventually passed unanimously on this no seen on dru's the bank already scotland act two thousand and seven sin and is the is no officially a bank quality but what does a bank holiday mean a person or a business is a load to postpone a financial transaction until the next working day but it doesn't oblige any employer not even the banks to give their workers a day off so the recognition of the holiday is unfortunately still very patchy the scottish government recognises that the scottish parliament ever had. on the number tonight is summer holiday for your staff yes the scottish parliament recognizes it but. in a local government i'm afraid of response has been very disappointing and this the idea because look i thought jobs in charge of the schools and many people would argue that what makes a whole idea real holders of a school hold is so that families can.